Seminar: Violence against women and children. Early, child or forced marriage, human trafficking and domestic violence
12-13 December 2016 - Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Background materials
- Final report of the CAHROM thematic group of experts on addressing and combating human trafficking within Roma communities (with a focus on prostitution and street children)
- CAHROM thematic report on child/early and forced marriages within Roma communities
- Replies from member States to the Questionnaire on early/forced marriage in relation to trafficking of human beings (2015)
- Thematic Action Plan on the Inclusion of Roma and Travellers (2016-2019) English | French
- Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021)
- Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017
- ERTF/Phenjalipe paper on early and forced marriages
- Phenjalipe Strategy for the Advancement of Romani Women and Girls, 2014-2020 English | Romanes
- Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage
- ERRC report “Racial Discrimination, Deprivation, Segregation and Marginalisation as a Reinforcement of the Practice of Child Marriage” by Rita Sorina Sein
- ERRC Submission to the Joint CEDAW-CRC General Recommendation / Comment on Harmful Practices: Child Marriages among Roma (2011)
- ERRC submission to UN on Forced Arranged Marriage of Minors Among Traditional Romani Communities in Europe (2006)
- KAMIRA research - Roma women NGO report on: Finland | Poland | FYR Macedonia | Ukraine | Spain
PowerPoint presentations
- Survey results: The situation of Roma women by Ms Carmen Segovia, KAMIRA (Spain)
- The work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights by Ms Caroline Ouaffo Wafang (Switzerland)
- Legislative and policy responses to violence against women and children by Mr Benoît Cassière, (Hendaye, France)
- Forced marriage: The UK Responses by Ms Sophie Lott (United Kingdom)
