Roma feminist Academy

The Roma Feminist Academy is a transnational initiative born from the urgent need to create a space where Roma women, girls, and queer Roma are not merely participants but producers of knowledge, architects of analysis, and leaders of our own liberation. We exist because the systems that govern our lives-racial capitalism, colonialism, and heteropatriarchy-are designed to silence us, extract from us, and make us invisible. Mainstream feminism ignores our specific struggles; anti-racist movements erase our gendered realities; academic institutions study us without us; and policy spaces speak for us without us. The Academy is our response: a borderless community rooted in Spain, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia, and beyond, where we reclaim the right to name our own oppression and imagine our own futures. Our webinars and trainings are not abstract intellectual exercises, they are acts of epistemic rebellion that challenge centuries of erasure and distortion, centering Romani lived experience as the primary source of knowledge for understanding and dismantling the violence designed to contain us.

Addressing Technology-Facilitated Gender Based Violence against Roma Women

Capacity Building Workshops

These workshops provide our members and people who register with the opportunity to learn new techniques, develop new strategies and gain knowledge that will help them to be more effective in their roles. They are also a great way to foster team building and collaboration within the Collective. By bringing our members to learn and work together, we create a more cohesive and effective workforce. Additionally, the workshops are tailored to the specific needs of the members, ensuring that they receive training that is relevant and up-to-date.

Dilemmas of intersectionality - a debate

In different countries, the presence of roma LGBT+ in social movements is in many situations isolated. Facing racism along with homo*lesbo*transphobia, classism and sexism in communities and spaces, being questiond, fitting in gadje standards, struggling to find a community or space where to feel a sense of belonging. How do we fit in different spaces? How to make them more inclusive? Who holds the reponsability of deconstructing them from whiteness? When is it the time to talk about racism along with other intersectionalities?

Moderator:
• Alba Hernández, Co-founder Feminist Collective of Romani Gender Experts (Spain)

Participants:
• Ana Jovanovic, Romani LGBTIQ+ Human rights monitor-European Roma Rights Centre (Serbia)
• Alexandra Ciccone, romnja queer activist feminist (Romania)
• Antonella Lerca Duda, roma transgender and ex political candidate, writer and activist (Romania)
• Sandra Selimovic, Artist, co-founder RomanoSvato (Austria/Serbia)
• Valentina Eminova, activist for roma LGBT+ rights, imprtheater and performer

Call for publications

The call for publications by Roma women for Roma women is an opportunity to amplify the voices of women. With this call, Roma women are being encouraged to share their stories, experiences, and insights with other women in the community, through writing, drawing or any other form of art. This initiative seeks to promote greater visibility for Roma women and their perspectives. It also aims to build solidarity among Roma women by creating a platform where they can connect, share and learn from one another. The call is open to all Roma women, regardless of their educational background or experience. By sharing their stories, Roma women can help to create a more inclusive and supportive community, where everyone's voice is heard and valued.