Compensation Now: Campaign on Coerced Sterilisation

03 July 2008

This section of the ERRC’s website contains relevant information and links related to the coerced sterilisation of Romani women in Central Europe. Materials for this section have been prepared around a lobbying campaign commencing on 3 July by the Ostrava-based Group of Women Harmed by Sterilisation, the ERRC and the Peacework Development Fund at the 2008 Women’s Worlds Congress in Madrid, Spain. The campaign is supported by the Open Society Institute’s Public Health Program and the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Warsaw. This page includes updates on actions undertaken by the ERRC and in partners, as well as downloadable campaigning materials in English, Spanish, Czech, Hungarian and Slovak (see below).

Elena Gorolova and Marta Puskova of the Group of Women Harmed by Sterilisation at the Women's Worlds Congress in Madrid. Photo credit: ERRC

Tell the governments concerned that it is time for action! Support the Romani survivors of coerced sterilisation in Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia by sending our postcard or letter.

Advocacy letter in English

Tell us you sent the letter or postcard, or otherwise supported the campaign, and join our online list of supporters by writing us at: compensation.now@errc.org.

For further information, please contact:

• Anita Danka (Hungarian, English), ERRC Staff Attorney, anita.danka@errc.org
• Ostalinda Maya (Spanish, English), ERRC Women’s Rights Consultant, ostalinda@gmail.com
• Monika Pacziga (Hungarian, English), ERRC Women’s Rights Officer, monika.pacziga@errc.org
• Elena Gorolova (Czech, Romanes), Representative of the Group of Women Harmed by Sterilisation, elena.gorolova@seznam.cz
• Gwendolyn Albert (Czech, English), Director of Peacework’s Women’s Initiatives Network, gwendolyn.albert@gmail.com

Action updates:

• 30 July 2008: Truth to power, please see: View it;
• 15 July 2008: Article about the conference on the website of Union Romaní Andalucía, please see: View it;
• 9 July 2008: “Trial of a Child Denied”, the documentary film by Mortal Coil Media, will be aired on CNN at 1:30. For see the film click: Here
• 7 July 2008: Online interview with Elena Gorolova which she gave in Madrid: View it. The English version of the interview:  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
• 5 July 2008: article in the Hungarian newspaper Nepszabadsag on the Budapest event.  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
• 4 July 2008: articles on the Budapest event on various websites: on RomaPage: View it; on Nepszava Hungarian newspaper's website: Here; on Stop.hu: View it
• 4 July 2008: Mexican media, Lanzan campaña global contra la esterilización forzada ilegal de mujeres: Here
• 4 July 2008: Portuguese media, Grupo lança campanha contra esterilização forçada de mulheres: View it
• 4 July 2008: article based on the interview with Anita Danka given to Független Hírügynökség (Independent Press Agency): View it
  
  Brochure
• Brochure English and Spanish  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
• Brochure Hungarian and English  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
• Brochure Czech and English  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
  
  English and Spanish Materials
• Advocacy letter: English  View it (MSWord doc format)! and Spanish View it (MSWord doc format)!
• Postcard: to Hungarian government  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!; to Czech government  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!; to Slovak government  View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
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• Spanish Press Release: View it (Acrobat pdf format)!

Czech Materials

• Advocacy letter: View it (MSWord doc format)!
• Postcard: View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
• Czech Press Release: View it (Acrobat pdf format)!

Hungarian Materials

• Advocacy letter: View it (MSWord doc format)!
• Postcard: View it (Acrobat pdf format)!
• Hungarian Press Release: View it (Acrobat pdf format)!

Slovak Materials

• Postcard: View it (Acrobat pdf format)!

Serbian Materials

• Advocacy letter: View it (MSWord doc format)!