A young family in Frumuşani. Last year Cristian Buceanu, the only Roma representative on the council, introduced a proposal to allocate approximately 10,000 euro to expand the electicity network to houses in Frumuşani. The other councilors voted against the proposal, alleging that the Roma townspeople do not contribute to the local budget and therefore should not benefit from public funds.
In Frumuşani, the Roma Education Fund, supported by the World Bank and Open Society Foundations, is working to break through barriers local Roma children face when it comes to completing their primary school education.
In Frumuşani, the Roma Education Fund, supported by the World Bank and Open Society Foundations, is working to break through barriers local Roma children face when it comes to completing their primary school education.
A recent case at the UN illustrates the challenges that Roma communities face in asserting their right to protect the homes they have created on the margins of both society and the legal system.
The European Court has ruled that French authorities violated the right to respect for private life when they retained fingerprints in a government database after a suspect was acquitted.
