[hr-education] Human Rights Capacity-Building Workshop for Romani Women Activists (Volgograd, June 2005)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR ROMANI
WOMEN ACTIVISTS IN RUSSIA


The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) shall conduct a Human Rights
Workshop for Romani Women in Russia during the first week of June 2005.

The goal of the workshop is to develop the capacity of Romani women
activists in Russia, as well as Russian-speaking Romani women from other
countries of the former Soviet Union, to use international, regional and
domestic human rights instruments and mechanisms to advance the rights of
Roma, both domestically and internationally. The workshop aims to enable
participants to:

* Document instances of human rights violations of Romani women such as
cases of trafficking, domestic violence, or discrimination in access to
various services such as health care, education, employment, housing and
social services
* Analyse issues and situations affecting Romani women in Russia, based on
international human rights instruments and principles
* Develop skills in using domestic mechanisms (such as national
legislation) and international human rights instruments to protect and
promote the rights of Romani women
* Strengthen skills in monitoring and reporting human rights violations,
as well as advocating the rights of Russian Romani women
* Increase the capacity of Romani women activists to apply their learning
within their organisations and their communities
* Explore opportunities for networking and developing partnerships with
NGOs involved in women rights issues, as well as with government
officials, to further advance the cause of Roma rights

The workshop will be held near Volgograd.

The workshop is a component of ERRC programming aimed at capacitating
Romani women activists, and is therefore only open to Russian-speaking
Romani women. Applicants must be at least 16 years of age.

Application Procedure

Applicants must:

1. Submit a 300-500 word essay in Russian or Romani:
* giving basic details about themselves
* explaining any human rights/Roma rights activities in which they have
been involved to date
* expressing why they would like to participate in the workshop, and how
it would be useful for them and any future actions they would like to
undertake in their Roma rights/human rights work

2. Provide a letter of recommendation from an NGO, community leader,
professor or current employer. The letter should explain the nature of
their relationship, how long they have known the applicant and highlight
the main attributes of the applicant and whether they would be a suitable
candidate for the workshop. We kindly request that all materials be
submitted to the ERRC in one package. Applications missing one or more of
these requirements will not be considered by the selection committee.

Completed applications should be submitted to European Roma Rights Center,
1386 Budapest 62, P.O. Box 906/93, Hungary, or by fax to (+ 36 1)
413-2201, or by e-mail to Olga Chashchikhina: olgach@errc.org. The closing
deadline for all applications is April 4, 2005. Please take note that this
is an absolutely final deadline and any applications received after this
date shall not be considered.

Support for the workshop is provided by the Sigrid Rausing Trust.

_____________________________________________

The European Roma Rights Center is an international public interest law
organisation which monitors the rights of Roma and provides legal defence
in cases of human rights abuse. For more information about the European
Roma Rights Center, visit the ERRC on the web at http://www.errc.org.

European Roma Rights Center
1386 Budapest 62
P.O. Box 906/93
Hungary
Phone: +36 1 4132200
Fax:   +36 1 4132201




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