Keynote Julian Kondur: Courage of the Roma people in the war in Ukraine

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Roma activist Julian Kondur joins the festival remotely from Kyiv, where he runs the Roma Women Fund Chiricli’s Ukraine-wide emergency assistance and human rights work. Kondur’s speech reveals the courage with which the Roma minority has risen since the start of the full-blown war of aggression to fight not only on the front lines, but also to help other people in distress in addition to Roma. At the same time Kondur’s organisation has worked against the prejudices associated with Roma in Ukraine. Kondur will be interviewed by Anca Enache from Deaconess Foundation.

How did the marginalised Roma community find the strength to stand up in support of other people in vulnerable positions? How does the courageous work of Roma and their organisations challenge the prejudices concerning Roma that are deeply rooted in Ukrainian society?

The programme will be in English. The programme will be available on-site at the Speaker’s stage and through live stream on the Festival website.

Julian Kondur

Julian Kondur is Roma activist who runs the Roma Women Fund Chiricli’s Ukraine-wide emergency assistance and human rights work.

Anca Enache

Anca Enache, a human rights expert at the Deaconess Foundation, has worked on Roma rights for more than ten years. Enache works closely with Eastern European Roma organizations and activists. The work of Julian Kondur and Roma Women Fund Chiricli is already familiar to Enache from the time before Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine.