Today marks the International Day for Tolerance. ZAKS.Ru gives opinions on whether our city is more tolerant nowadays. The representatives of national communities and experts, including from ADC “Memorial” give their opinions. They beat less, but tolerance did not increase. http://www.zaks.ru (the…
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Prejudice continues against Russian Roma
Russia’s minority Roma population has experienced a recent wave of violent attacks and fear they may soon be deported. Link to the transcript and video on abc.net.au.
Anxieties and Joys of Roma Education
As it recently became known, the next stage of education reform in Russia will pass. During the opening of the Year of the Teacher on January 21st at the Pedagogical Assembly in St Petersburg, President Dmitry Medvedev announced the start…
Roma children at schools in Russia.
http://www.svobodanews.ru/ This interview is available in Russian only.
Upon starting work at school №9, teachers begin to learn the previously unknown to them Roma language straight away. This is necessary, since a large number of Roma pupils attend this school. On January 30th, the school held a seminar…
The presentation of «Roma in Russia – romantic myths on the background of total discrimination»
The presentation of «Roma in Russia – romantic myths on the background of total discrimination» by Stefania Kulaeva and Olga Abramenko in the frame of the fifth public seminar of the Centre for Independent Social Research «Research of ethnicity, migration, and…