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Roundtable on Romani Women’s political participation at national and local level

Follow up event to the Helsinki 4th International Romani Women’s Conference

24 February 2014

 (Summit Events, Tighina St. 49/3, “Roma” Hall), Chisinau

Draft Agenda

9.00 – 10.00                       Opening session

Ruslan Stanga, Adviser to the Prime Minister's on Roma inclusion issues or Tatiana Poting, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Issues

Nicola Harrington-Buhay, UN Resident Coordinator in the Republic of  Moldova

BRI General Director Elena Beleacova, Director of the Bureau for Interethnic Relations

Ghenadie Barba, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in the Republic of Moldova

Mirjam Karoly or David Mark, OSCE/ODIHR CPRSI

10.00 – 11.30          Taking stock: the status of Romani women and girls and their participation in society in the Republic of Moldova

Chair/Moderator:             Veaceslav Balan, UN Women   

                                    The situation of Romani women in the Republic of Moldova, Elena Bogdan, Roma Community Mediator, Hincesti

Olga Cebotari, NAME OF ORGANISATION, Drochia

Discussion

Topics to be addressed:

What is the status of Romani women and girls in the Republic of Moldova – their access to education, employment, health, housing, public and political life; their role and participation in family life and decisions; their role and engagement in public decision-making and associative movements?    What pressing issues need to be addressed to strengthen the rights and inclusion of Romani women in the Republic of Moldova?

11.30 – 11.45                        Coffee break          

11.45 – 13.00           Action 2014-2015:    Romani Women in the Upcoming National and Local Elections

Chair/Moderator:  Isabela Mihalache, Council of Europe

Opportunities for advancing the rights of Romani women and girls in the context of upcoming national and local elections, Marin Alla

Tatiana Turcan, Mayor of Vinogradovca, Taraclia, deputy of the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) Women’s Network

Natalia Salciuc, Mayor of Cania, Cantemir, member of CALM Women’s Network

Discussion

Topics to be addressed:

What opportunities exist for Romani women and girls to identify and advance their agendas in the context of upcoming national (2014) and local (2015) elections?    How to develop and identify priorities to raise in the context of elections?   How to make common cause with other groups?   How to plan out actions for the next 18 months?    How to approach political parties and independent candidates?

13.00 – 14.00          Lunch break

14.00 – 15.30          BREAKOUT GROUPS

Breakout Group 1:     Identifying Issues and Themes to Raise in the Context of National and Local Elections

Facilitators:   Elena Bogdan and Marin Alla

Breakout Group 2:     Identifying Allies for Common Cause in the Context of National and Local Elections

Facilitators:   Magdalena Adebayo and Natalia Duminica

Breakout Group 3:     The Romani Youth Agenda in the Elections

Facilitators:    Rada Padureanu and Anna Lungu

Topics to be addressed:

Facilitators: (1) identify rapporteurs from their group; and (2) lead brainstorming around the particular themes of their group.

15.30 – 16.00          Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00          Reporting Back from Breakout Sessions

Chair:                        Isabela Mihalache

Rapporteurs from breakout sessions present the work of their groups

Discussion

17.00 – 17.30           Conclusions, Next Steps

                                    Elena Bogdan

                                    Ulziisuren Jamsran