Within the “Health Inequities regarding Romani Women” project, NRC conducted a research on the access offered and the services Romani women use in periods of pregnancy, birth and nursing.
A reality is women members of the Roma community who lack conditions and opportunities to look after their health due to numerous reasons: inequality, continuous discrimination, illiteracy and unemployment, a fact that puts them on the edges of a society.
Also, unequal access and unequal opportunities are problems Romani women face with during pregnancy and motherhood. In these periods, reproductive health, qualitative health care as well as social well-being are of an enormous importance in a life of every young mother. The report from the focus groups and the interviews provide data on perception, opinions and experiences from these periods of Romani women from the five target towns of Kumanovo, Shtip, Kriva Palanka, Kochani and Bitola.
The same included specific recommendations by women members of the Roma community from the target towns and from officials of institutions at national and local level.
