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16 Feb. 2019 / 15:47
Roma women trained to take political decisions at local level
Roma women from different settlements in Moldova are trained and encouraged to become involved in the decision-making process at the local level. A number of 22 women were invited to a workshop held on February 16 and 17, while another 22 women will be trained in March. The activities form part of the program “Roma Women in Politics”, IPN reports.
Project coordinator Natalia Duminică said that after the training the beneficiaries will have to organize an event in their community and urge the members of the Roma community to take part in elections and to run in the local general elections of this summer, for mayor and local council. The training are organized by two experts in the protection of the Roma women’s rights, from Romania and Moldova.
Explaining the necessity of the project, Natalia Duminică said not many Roma women become involved in the decision-making process at the local level. In the last local general elections, only two Roma women were elected local councilors.
Elena Rădiţă is a community mediator in Râşcani town. She said she takes part in the workshop in order to obtain more information about the upcoming elections. She also wants to show that the Roma women are not indifferent to the events that take place in society.
The program “Roma Women in Politics” forms part of the project “Support for the Roma Women in the Local General Elections of 2019” that is implemented by the National Roma Center together with the Network of Roma Girls and Women “Romano Alav”, in partnership with UN Women Moldova, with financial support from the Government of Sweden.
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