Even though Ukraine 2008 – School Segregation was first premiered six years ago, regretfully the situation in Ukraine and many other European countries remains strikingly similar. Take a look at this insightful piece part of the Mundi Romani Series. In 2008, Mundi Romani visited the ethnically diverse town of Uzhhorod, a formerly Hungarian area close to the Hungarian border. In this community, Roma are the minorities of the minorities and face pervasive social exclusion. The Hungarian community’s minority status serves as the basis for the total segregation of Roma children in the region’s schools. With shocking accounts from Roma men, women and children, the local school director, a human rights activist and a representative of the local government; we piece together a complex and contradictory picture which provides a unique insight into the lives of Roma in Ukraine and the complex social mechanisms which allow tens of thousands of children across Eastern European to be denied basic education on account of their ethnic origins. Watch the full episode here: mundiromani/videos/?video%5Bvideo%5D%5Bitem%5D=57
Posted on: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:49:57 +0000
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