The rights of Rroma women in the contemporary period of time

• Author: Frasie Cristina Otovescu
• Position: Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, Public Law and Administrative Sciences Department, University of Craiova
• Pages: 119-123

AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicalj ournal.univagora.ro

ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677

No. 1 (2013), pp. 119-123

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THE RIGHTS OF RROMA WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY

PERIOD OF TIME

C. Otovescu Frsie

Cristina Otovescu Frsie

Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences,

Public Law and Administrative Sciences Department, University of Craiova;

*Correspondence: Cristina Otovescu Frsie, 13 A. I. Cuza St, Craiova, Romania

E-mail:otocris@yahoo.com

Abstract

In this article I have approached the problems of discrimination and of Rroma woman

in the contemporary period of time. It is possible to take actions for promoting and observing

the rights of Rroma women and their families by: promoting the inclusion of Rroma women

and their children into the social life with the help of the programs that include education,

counseling with regard to the human rights, facilitating of access on the labor market,

promoting Rroma women and their children through varied social and cultural activities,

promoting a positive image of Rroma women in mass-media.

Keywords: human rights, law, discrimination, Rroma women.

Introduction

Romania demonstrated that the attention given to the minorities’ rights, to the

modalities of affirmation and protection of the ethnic and cultural identity, constitutes a way

of stability, peaceful living and social development; our country possesses the institutional

and legislative mechanisms through which the rights of the ethnic minorities are protected

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By promoting the equality of chances it becomes possible to contribute to the social

cohesion, both in the developing areas and at the national level. The development of a culture

of the equal opportunities lies in the direct implication of all the social actors, both from the

public and private sector, but also of the civil society. The social protection and the social

inclusion can be promoted through actions of fighting against discrimination, of promoting

the equality of chances and the integration into the society of the vulnerable groups that face

the risk of social marginalization

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According to paragraph 2, art. 1, from Law no. 202/19.04.2002 the equality of chances

and treatment between women and men

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, it is defined the equality of chances and treatment

between women and men; this means “taking into account the different capacities, needs and

aspirations of males and females and their equal treatment”.

In the provisions of art. 2, point b) and c) from the Emergency Ordinance no.

67/27.06.2007, the principle of equality of treatment is defined as representing “the lack of

any discriminatory treatment, direct or indirect, on bases of sex, especially with reference to

the civil or family condition”. The discriminatory treatment lies in “any exclusion, restriction

or difference of treatment, direct or indirect, between women and men

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C. Jura (coord.), Sistemul complementar de protecie a drepturilor omului i de combatere a discriminãrii din

România, “Editura Universitii Transilvania” Publishing House, Br aov, 2004, p. 5.

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Egalitatea de anse i nediscriminarea. Îndrumar, p. 4.

www.inforegio.ro/user1/file/Egalitatea%20de%20sanse_tiparit.p df.

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Republished in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 150 from 01.03.2007.

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Egalitatea de anse i nediscriminarea. Îndrumar, p. 5.