
In Kosovo, the "Multicultural" festival was held with numerous activities, which aims to raise awareness about the prejudices and discrimination that exist around the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities .
Handicrafts, traditional foods cooked by the women of this community are part of the fair that this year is also being held in the center of Pristina.
The organizers say that the festival aims to show the similarities of all communities living in Kosovo.
"For that reason, we have chosen through this festival in the first place to promote those positive models or stories, to show the majority community and our society who the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians actually are, what are those values ??and customs of theirs and how in the end they do not differ much from the general ones that our society has" , said the director of the organization "Voice of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, Isak Skenderi.
This year the festival is being held in several cities of Kosovo. Young people from Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities emphasize that employment and education remained the main challenges among them.
"Well, I feel a very bad feeling that those people of our community are not educated and do not have a name, unfortunately they are discriminated against and we have many cases, but I believe this bad phenomenon will disappear because we have many people who support us from the majority, but always as an activist and the circle that we have, we will try to give the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities great importance in the commitment to education and to be equal and live equally in the state of Kosovo", said Egzon Qabrati from the Egyptian community.
"We must always continue our education because we also lose our rights as some people from the communities are considered who are not given rights such as for employment, so we must continue our education to have equal rights as all citizens" , said Enisa Rrustemi from the Ashkalinj community.
"We have many community members who have graduated and are still not employed. Take for example the municipality of Gjakova, we have a very large number of communities who have degrees and unfortunately are still not employed. This is a problem that in the future should be addressed as much as possible to our political representatives and together we try to influence that as many members of the communities are employed in institutions" , said Ergi Cili from the city of Gjakova.
Medinë Dauti nga Qendra për informim, kritikë dhe aksion thotë se këto komunitete përballen me diskriminim në Kosovë ndërsa bën thirrje që institucionet të ndërmarrin hapa në ndryshimin e gjendjes.
“Diskriminimi racial ndodh në të gjitha institucionet shtetërore edhe është shumë e dhimbshme me thënë se kjo mund të ndodh sepse institucionet nuk janë të ndara sipas racës ose gjinisë apo çfarëdo tjetër por janë institucione që duhet t’i shërbejnë secilit qytetarë të Kosovës”, tha Medinë Dauti.
Ajo thotë gjendja më e rëndë është me gratë nga komuniteti Romë, Ashkalinj dhe Egjiptian të cilat janë të shtypura dhe nuk kanë qasje të mirëfilltë në edukim, shendetësi e punësim.
“Për gjatë punës tonë kemi vërejtur që përpos ju mohohet e drejta e përgjithshme dinjitoze dhe nuk trajtohen si qenie njerëzore mbi të gjitha kushtet për jetesë janë shumë të vështira edhe konsideroj kjo pastaj krijon segregimin edhe kontribuon për segregim shumë më të madh në shoqërinë tonë”, tha ajo.
Drejtori i organizatës “Zëri i Romëve, Ashkalinjëve dhe Egjiptianëve, Isak Skenderi thotë se problem i madh mbetët mungesa e qasjes së këtyre komuniteteve në shërbime publike, arsim, punësim, shëndetësi dhe në të gjitha sferat tjera të jetës.
“Mesazhi im për shoqërinë është që duhet me pranu se në shoqërinë tonë ekziston një pabarazi e cila është shkaktuar nga sjelljet jo të drejta, racore ndaj një komuniteti specifik për shkak ngjyrës së tyre të lëkurës, gjuhës specifike ose vendi prej nga ata erdhën dhe në momentin kur e pranojmë që ky është problem atëherë mund të adresojmë problemin”, tha ai.
Organizatat ndërkombëtare kanë bërë thirrje vazhdimisht për përmirësimin e gjendjes së këtyre komuniteteve të cilat siç thuhet përballen me kushte të rënda të jetesës dhe mungesë të integrimit në shoqërinë e Kosovës./ VOA
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