International Conference Realizing the Rights of Roma Women in Ukraine
Event description
UN Women in partnership with the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Roma Women Fund Chiricli is organising the international conference Realizing the Rights of Roma Women in Ukraine.
The international conference brings together over 100 participants - high-level representatives of the Ukrainian legislative, executive and judiciary branches, oblasts and local administrations, members of the EU parliament and the UN treaty bodies, Roma civil society organizations from Europe and Ukraine, as well as grassroots Roma women from across Ukraine - to provide practical recommendations for elimination of discrimination against Roma women in Ukraine.
Over the two days of the conference, the discussions will focus on the international standards and norms, national legislation and the good practices from Ukraine and the European countries that advance gender equality, non-discrimination and protection of Roma with a specific focus on social and political rights, as well as the gender aspects of protection and security of Roma communities.UN Women in partnership with the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Roma Women Fund Chiricli is organising the international conference Realizing the Rights of Roma Women in Ukraine.