The 8th of March is International Women's Day. This year, the theme for this date is: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,” It celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but also highlights the gaps that remain. 

Today we will look at those women and girls who are far behind in terms of equality, who struggle to put food on the table, and how their road to leadership or even proper, inclusive education is longer than for others. This is the life of many Romani women in the Roma communities across Europe.

Our guests today are both Romani women, both leaders and both Roma rights defenders.

Ana Orsos is the ERRC’s women’s rights officer, she comes from Hungary, and she will be our first guest. She will be highlighting particular issues Romani women have faced since the start of the COVID crisis. In the other half of this episode Ethel Brooks the ERRCs first female Romani board chair will explain how these problems are actually connected to the lack of political will and deeply rooted antigypsyism. 

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