it is a fundamental human right. There is an inherent link between Roma rights and privacy as ethnicity/race — in this case Romani ethnicity — is a key element of sensitive personal information.
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author of Queer Roma🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☸️📖 #PhD in applied social science 🧬 knowledge is power ✍️ 💪🏽 #OpenAccess 📚 sexuality • gender • race • ethnicity • education • visual self-representations • privacy
Tomorrow is 8 April, International Roma Day. The umbrella term ‘Roma’ was adopted by the first World Romani Congress in London 54 years ago, in 1971. Along with the Romani flag and the Romani anthem, its adoption marks a significant milestone in the emancipation of Roma.
8 April was officially declared the International Roma Day during the International Romani Union’s 4th World Romani Congress in 1990 in Serock, Poland.
Although privacy is not an absolute right /1
Slovak elections seat more Romani men and women in the legislature than ever before
https://romea.cz/en/opinion/slovak-elections-seat-more-romani-men-and-women-in-the-legislature-than-ever-before
‘Roma only’: the school caught up in a Slovakian national scandal
A small primary in Podsadek is at the centre of a legal row about segregation and discrimination in the run-up to elections
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/roma-only-the-school-caught-up-in-a-slovakian-national-scandal
‘When you say you are Roma, you have to work twice as hard’: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, outsider at the heart of Polish art
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/21/malgorzata-mirga-tas-roma-polish-art-artist
“Kākāpō's were once considered 'doomed to early extermination.' Now these quirky New Zealand birds are slowly making a comeback.”
The next frontier in saving the world’s heaviest parrots: genome sequencing
https://www.popsci.com/environment/genomic-sequencing-kakapo/
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The article contains a link to a Radio Free Europe programmme
Azerbaijan: Romani people struggle for daily survival in a discriminatory environment
https://romea.cz/en/world/azerbaijan-romani-people-struggle-for-daily-survival-in-a-discriminatory-environment/
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The article contains a link to a Radio Free Europe programmme
Azerbaijan: Romani people struggle for daily survival in a discriminatory environment
https://romea.cz/en/world/azerbaijan-romani-people-struggle-for-daily-survival-in-a-discriminatory-environment/
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@jero Thank you Gero, this means so so much to me! And nice to meet you 💕
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Don’t miss this unique opportunity to download this ebook, Growing up Gay in Post-War Britain, for £1.60.
You can get 80 percent off other ebooks too. #MayDay at Pluto Press
https://www.plutobooks.com/free-ebook-every-order/
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to download this ebook, Growing up Gay in Post-War Britain, for £1.60.
You can get 80 percent off other ebooks too. #MayDay at Pluto Press
https://www.plutobooks.com/free-ebook-every-order/
Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 1944 Storyville review – a radical tale of lesbian love in a concentration camp
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/25/nelly-and-nadine-ravensbruck-1944-storyville-review-a-radical-tale-of-lesbian-love-in-a-concentration-camp
A must read for people in V4
This is precisely why we must pay attention to what is happening on the American ultra-Catholic rightwing scene. They activities get to Czechs and Slovaks) through Alipro & the Movement for Life.
For example Slovakia wants to ban legal gender change. In May, a draft law will go into the 2nd reading, which would make it impossible for trans people to officially change their gender.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/politics/transgender-conservative-campaign.html
If you feel that Sunday is almost over and you still haven’t come across your regular dose of weekend reading, read this exquisite, incredibly touching op-ed on diasporic Romani identities, diversity, acceptance & belonging by the incredibly talented Oksana Marafioti for @latimes
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-04-18/romani-community-soviet-union-russia-refugee-california-hollywood
Never forget.
#OTD in 1993, #StephenLaurence was killed by a gang of white men in a racist attack. Stephen was waiting for a bus at a bus stop.
Thirty years on, Stephen’s killers still walk free and the Met is resisting reform.
“Stephen Lawrence came to symbolise so much. But he was also my little boy”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/22/stephen-lawrence-murder-30-years-met-police?
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🗣️ Amazing news: after 1.5 years following the publication of my book in hardback, Queer Roma is finally coming out as a paperback on 10 May.
📌 You can pre-order and get 20% off in Routledge’s April supersaver event. Now the book is much more affordable.
📌 Don’t forget that the book is available for free as an ebook.
https://www.routledge.com/Queer-Roma/Fremlova/p/book/9781032138244
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