MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice.

Additional Resources

Information and Reports on Roma throughout the world

Evictions Report of Roma and Irish Travellers to ERTF

Stop the Violent Evictions of Gypsies and Travellers in the United Kingdom

The following is an appeal submitted to the Council of Europe by the U.K. Association of Gypsy Women calling upon the British government to respect Roma rights.

IN HARM’S WAY - The Eviction of Travellers and Gypsies in the United Kingdom

Margarent Quilligan, an Irish Traveller, provides an eye-witness account of the recent eviction of several Traveller families in the English County of Herefordshire from land that they owned.

Soraya Post
Soraya Post, President of the International Roma Women's Network, challenges European governments to improve the health of Roma women and calls for a conference on forcible sterilization.

IRWN Charter - Romani
The Charter of the International Roma Women's Network, as drafted at a meeting in Strasbourg, February 3

IRWN Founding Members
The list of participants who attended the November 28-29, 2002 meeting in Vienna and agreed to establish the International Roma Women's Network (IRWN).

IRWN Open Letter on Sterilisation
An open letter from the International Roma Women's Network protesting against the sterilisation of Roma women in Slovakia. March 8, 2003.

IRWN Charter - English
The Charter of the International Roma Women's Network, as drafted at a meeting in Strasbourg, February 3, 2003.

Roma Regional Human Development Report
The United Nations put together a report which is to encourage the debate and exchange of information on the issue, to merge different organizations’ efforts where possible and to bring about real change in human development opportunities for marginalized communities of which Roma are the most numerous.

The RomNews Network
The RomNews Network is based on Democratic Statements and Exchange of Information. You can find useful information and links on this site.

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