Main objective of the project :
Roma Women active participants in public life at all the stages of decision-making proces and politics, on national and local level.
Objectives:
- Roma Women become aware of the gender misbalance in Macedonian society.
- Roma Women together with other women in Skopje with empowerd capacities for participation in political parties and to be on the candidate lists.
- Roma Women in the political parties in Skopje have active participation and influence, and capacity ti advocacy the gender issues in politics.
The project is 12 months and includes activities like: meetings with politics leaders, meetings with women in politics, capacity building of women to take over leadership and advocacy the right of women to authority positions.
Target group of the project are 5 political parties of Roma community in Skopje, among which direct beneficiaries are 20 Roma women members of political party, 10 Roma women interested in to enter political party, who directly participate in the project activities.
Most of the activities shall be more focuesd in Skopje, most preciesly in communities where the roma population is higher, as : Shuto Orizari, Chair, Topaana, Gjorce Petrov and Madjari.
Supported by the US Embassy in the Republic of Macedonia.
Period of implementation :
April 2016 – April 2017
This project was funded in part through a U.S. Embasssy grant. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendaations expressed herein are those of the implementers/authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Government.
