Romani CRISS (full name: ''Romani Center for Social Intervention and Studies'', or ''Centrul Romilor pentru Intervenţie Socială şi Studii'' in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
) is a
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
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non-government organisation
A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...
which seeks to protect the rights of the country's
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
minority and to prevent discrimination against the Roma, who officially make up 3.3% of the country's population as of 2011, with an unofficial 2002 estimate of between 1.5 and 2 million, representing at least 8-9% of the population. 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. Its current executive director is Marian Mandache.
See also
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Aven Amentza Aven Amentza is a Romanian non-government organisation
A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typica ...
(another Romani NGO based in Romania)
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National Agency for the Roma The National Agency for the Roma (''Agenţia Naţională pentru Romi'' or ANR in Romanian, ''Themeski Ajenciya le Romengi'' in Romani) is an agency of the Romanian government which seeks to improve the social and economic situation of Romania's Rom ...
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Romani CRISS
Human rights organizations based in Romania
Romani in Romania
Romani rights
1993 establishments in Romania
Organizations established in 1993
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