Empowered youth workers’ capacities for influencing the Roma youth’s participation in democratic processes. Increased the Roma youth participation in fostering local response to deal with gender equality, discrimination and antigipsysin at the same time enhanced capacities of the Roma youth workers on the topics gender equality, discrimination and antigipsyism. The project’s aim was also through jointly efforts gender sensitive issues and Roma youth issues to be raised, and build inclusive equitable society. Thus, promotion of the concept of antigypsysm since is not very well known and promoted in our region, and we considered it to be of key importance for the young Roma population, especially for youth Roma workers. With this project we were also focused on creating the pathway to Roma youth workers to be active members in the society, leaders on promoting education, initiators and builders of vibrant, inclusive, democratic and equitable society, as an essential part of a healthy and resilient democratic society.
Roma people, especially the young Roma boys and girl, as marginalized group face intersectional discrimination, limited access to basic human rights, services and information which leads to lack of possibilities in many spheres. With this project we affected on enhancing youth capacities in active engagement in their community through fighting antigipsyism, discrimination, promoting gender equality, created environment of joint efforts and possibilities to young Roma to be active members in the society by promoting European values, mobilizing the Roma youth from the local communities, identification and delegate the needs and challenges of the Roma youth and advocating for creating policies and activities which will be beneficial to all youth especially those from marginalized groups. Impacted on promotion and improvement the protection of fundamental human rights and social integration and inclusion, especially concerning the disadvantages that many Roma are facing: prejudices, intersectional discrimination, intolerance, inequality, social exclusion and segregation in their everyday lives. Moreover, strengthened regional cooperation among Roma women CSOs through strengthening the organization’s youth capacities.