Romani CRISS
Romani CRISS (full name: Romani Center for Social Intervention and Studies, or Centrul Romilor pentru Intervenție Socială și Studii in Romania) is a Romanian non-government organisation which seeks to protect the rights of the country's Romani minority and to prevent discrimination against the Roma, who officially make up 3.3% of the country's population as of 2011,[1] with an unofficial 2002 estimate of between 1.5 and 2 million, representing at least 8-9% of the population.[2] It also conducts a series of projects in order to improve the situation of the Roma in education and health care. Romani CRISS was founded on April 4, 1993, and its executive director 2005-2012 was Margareta Matache.[3] Its current executive director is Marian Mandache.[4]
See also
- Aven Amentza (another Romani NGO based in Romania)
- National Agency for the Roma
References
External links
- (in English) Romani CRISS
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- Romani language
- Boyash
- Ciurari
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- Ursari
- List of towns in Romania by Romani population
- Slavery in Romania
- Deportations of Romani people to Transnistria
- 1993 Hădăreni riots
- 2006 Ferentari riot
- Aven Amentza
- National Agency for the Roma
- Party of the Roma
- Romani CRISS
- Delia Grigore
- Nicolae Păun
- Mădălin Voicu
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