Discussing Roma rights with EarthRights Podcast

It was great to join Melanie Désert and Pippa Neill on their new and growing podcast EarthRights to talk about the human rights abuses facing Roma communities. Not only does the average person not know who Roma people are, but the discrimintion suffered by communities across Europe also often fails to make the pages and news sites of mainstream media. Hopefully, this episode can help contribute to educating and informing people about the challenges Roma communities face, and maybe even change perceptions.

We covered a lot of ground in this episode. As well as sharing a little bit about my research into the persistent educational segregation of Roma children in Czechia and personal experiences of anti-Roma racism, we discussed the use of the term 'gypsy', what every day people can do to raise awareness of Roma issues and some hopes for the future of Roma communities throughout Europe.