The Romani Women’s Movement: Struggles and Debates in Central and Eastern Europe

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction: Romani Feminist Critique and Gender Politics Conceptual Inspirations Romani Feminism as a Way of Challenging Multiple Forms of Oppression Intersectionality as a Political Project Romani Women Advancing Social Movements of the Marginalized Novel Concepts of Citizenship and Citizenship Acts Romani Politics and Dilemmas of Participation About the Volume Bibliography PART I:Social Categories and Agendas 1. Missed Opportunity or Building Blocks of a Movement? History and Lessons from the Roma Women’s Initiative’s Efforts to Organize European Romani Women’s Activism Contexts Personal introductions A brief history of the Roma Women’s Initiative Laying the Foundations The Roma Women’s Forum in 2003: A Turning Point Seizing Strategic Opportunities Offered by European Enlargement Legacies of the Roma Women’s Initiative Concluding Thoughts Note Bibliography 2. Negotiating the Identity Dilemma: Crosscurrents Across the Romani, Romani Women’s and Romani LGBTIQ Movements Introduction Dilemma 1: The Roma Nation: Between Oppression and Power? Dilemma 2: The Compatibility of Romani Ethnic and Gender Identities? Dilemma 3: Romani-LGBTIQ Identities? Conclusion Note Bibliography 3. Gender Relations and the Romani Women’s Movement in the Eyes of Young Romani Men: The Potentials for Transversal Politics Introduction Theoretical Framework and the Research Young Romani Men on Gender Politics Romani Women’s Activism and the Romani Movement: Tensions and Conjunctions Potentials for Transversal Politics Bibliography 4. Heroines of Ours: Between Magnificence and Maleficence Introduction Canon: The institute of sainthood Making Roma Women’s History Ontology: The Place with the View Representation: ‘Are you Talking to me?’ Conclusion Note Bibliography PART II: Linking the Personal and the Political 5. Towards an Anti-Racist Feminism for Social Justice in Romania Becoming a Feminist by Border-Crossing Being a Romani Feminist Feminism, Social Justice, and Anti-Racism Notes Bibliography 6. Romani Women’s Friendship, Empowerment, and Politics: Views on Romani Feminism in Serbia and Beyond About Us and Our Letters Email Exchange 1 Email Exchange 2 Email Exchange 3 Email Exchange 4 Email Exchange 5 Notes Bibliography 7. Untapped Potential of Romani Women’s Activism in Contemporary Europe: Czech Republic The Roma Nation as Political Actors Athinganoi, the Roma Students’ Initiative Beyond Institutional Politics – Local Political Engagement for Change Czech Government Strategy for Roma Inclusion How the International Romani Movement Impacted Activism in the Czech Republic Ten Common Basic Principles: EU Getting More Serious When it Comes to Roma Specifically Romani Women’s Activism in the Czech Republic: Manushe Romani Women’s Activism Seeking Redress for Forced Sterilizations Romani Women’s Activism in Implementing the D.H. Judgment Reaching Out to the Roma Grassroots of Europe Conclusion Notes Bibliography 8. Roma Gender Politics in Hungary and Feminist Alliances in Practice Theoretical Framework Background: Roma in Hungary Recent Initiatives by Civil Society in the Field of Roma Women’s Issues Roma Gender Politics and the Concept of Intersectionality Conclusions Notes Bibliography 9. The Dilemmas of the Romani Women’s Movement in Bulgaria: From Assimilation to Empowerment? Gender Perceptions in the Roma Community The Communist Period The Romani Women’s Movement in Bulgaria After 1989 The Role of Non-Roma Civil Society Organizations Conclusion Notes Bibliography PART III:Transnational Inspirations 10.‘The Silk Revolution’ – Tracing the Genealogy of Gitanas Activism in Spain and its Influences on the International Romani Women’s Movement Introduction The Birth of the Gitanas Movement in Spain The Rationale of ‘Gitanas Feminism’ The Impact of the Gitanas Movement and the Emergence of a Gender-Sensitive Agenda ‘Romani Feminism’ in Spain and CEE Countries: Parallel Paths? Notes Bibliography 11. Kalí NGOs and the Spanish Model: A Resistant or Complacent Framework? Towards a Kalí-Gadji Partnership? Getting to Know Each Other Institutional Obstacles to Building a Pluralized Kalí Feminist Civil Society: Another Form of Gendered Violence? Taming Silencing Conclusion Notes Bibliography Concluding Remarks: A Book of our Own: The Importance of Documenting Our Existence, Our Dissent – Alexandra Oprea Promises and Prospects for the Romani Women’s Movement in Central and Eastern Europe – Carol Silverman Notes Bibliography Index