Multiethnic Feminist Network of Vojvodina supported the Roma community in Ukraine and the Ukrainian people
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- 21 March 2022
Today, the Multiethnic Feminist Network of Vojvodina supported the Roma community in Ukraine and the Ukrainian people because of Russia's invasion of that country. "We want to send messages of support to the Ukrainian people, as well as to the Roma community that is there and surviving various forms of torture, trauma, racism and discrimination," said Vesna Cerimovic of the Novi Becej Roma Association.
On the occasion of the International Day against Racism, the Association of Roma Novi Becej today as it did in previous years points out to the domestic and partner violence, racism and discrimination, human rights violations, arranged child marriages and to the importance of education.
Vesna Ćerimović, activist of the Roma Association Novi Bečej - SOS Helpline on languages of national minorities was a guest on the show "We today" on the TV channel K1 on March 16th, 2022. She spoke about the problems that activists and SOS consultants face in their work on prevention and protection of girls from child marriages.
The Campaign "Month of Roma Women's Activism" is implemented from March 8th to April 8th every year, and this year the Multiethnic Feminist Network of Vojvodina will implement six actions "At the Coffee, Against Gender-based Violence and Discrimination", within the project "Improving Safety of Women in Serbia - You are not alone”, supported by the Norwegian government and the UNWOMEN office in Serbia.
On the December 23rd, 2021. Association of Roma Novi Becej held the „Roma Night" in Novi Becej as a part of the project "Dancing through Roma history". During the evening, Roma national dresses were exhibited, guests presented the Roma dancing with songs and dances and thank-you certificates were given to Roma women long-term activists and associates of the Association.
Until the 2020 pandemic, the Roma Association Novi Becej regularly organized public marches on December 10th in Novi Becej with the aim of calling on institutions to fight together to respect and non-violate human rights, but this year, due to the pandemic, it organized the Online Conference supported by the OAK Foundation and the Trag Foundation through a project called "One Call Makes a Change."
Association of Roma Novi Becej on December 3rd, 2021 had marked the International Day of persons with disabilities by making and posting the video film on its YouTube channel. Today especially we want to draw attention to problems that persons with disabilities are facing.
Supported by the UNDP under the framework of the project “Integrated response to violence against women and girls in Serbia III”, Association had made series of support videos on services and support given by the Association of Roma Novi Becej.
On the occasions of the National Remembrance Day on women victims of femicide, Association of Roma Novi Becej had posted the billboard in the centre of Novi Becej with the message „Are we aware of how many women annually are murdered in Serbia?“.