In the run-up to International Roma Day (8 April), the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers announced, on Friday 5 April, the adoption of a Recommendation calling on Member States to address the specific vulnerabilities faced by women and girls from the Roma and Traveller communities.
Stricken by persistent antigypsyism in European societies, they must also confront sexism and the resulting intersectional discrimination, states the text, commented in these terms by the Secretary...