A report on the status of Roma in three Balkan countries, focusing on improving Romani access to social protection, health care, and housing. Also included is a supplement on Roma housing in the Czech Republic.
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Roma Rights
A New Roma-led Vision of Power
![Zeljko Jovanovic, center, and other Roma leaders and activists march in Bucharest, Romania, on May 18, 2019. Photo credit: © Aresel/Gabriel T. Balanescu People march with the Romani flag](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/1a5aff32-749c-4797-a6db-9352b4c766d1/20230907-balanescu-aresel-romania-8952-crop-1300.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1300%2C813)
The new, independent, Roma Foundation for Europe is backed by a €100 million pledge that builds on Open Society’s over 30 years of support for Roma causes.
Roma Rights
Q&A: A Step Toward Justice for Roma Women
![Lawyer Vanda Durbakova meets with Roma women activists during a Poradna networking meeting in Herlany, Slovakia, on June 25, 2018. Photo credit: © Jan Varchola for Poradna Vanda Durbakova sitting at a table with other people](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/5163b3f1-269d-4625-952a-f21991620694/20180625-varchola-poradna-slovakia-1-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
In November, the Slovak Republic formally apologized to Roma women for a program of forced sterilizations that stretched out for decades. How a Slovak human rights group helped hold the government accountable.
The Time Is Now
Where Roma Rights and Environmental Justice Meet
![A young woman hangs laundry next to a landfill in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on July 22, 2015. Photo credit: Jerome Fourcade/Hans Lucas/Redux A young woman hangs laundry next to a landfill](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/908d4d6c-b5f3-4332-b307-48f34d12bd41/20210603-fourcade-romania-roma-landfill-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Leaders in the EU are confronted with a dual obligation—to restore healthy environments for Roma, and to do so with the full participation of Roma communities themselves.