Today, the Advisory Council on Youth joins with Roma communities in Europe to celebrate International Roma Day. On this day, we commemorate the First World Romani Congress of 1971 and reaffirm the importance of Roma youth participation, inclusion, and fairness in today's Europe.
Roma youth remain underrepresented in policymaking and disproportionately affected by widespread and persisting antigypsyism, and still face disproportionate barriers to education, employment, healthcare, and public life. Progress on these issues requires more than symbolic gestures, it requires political will and bold institutional change. Read the entire statement

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