OSCE-supported visit to Roma settlements in western Serbia
3 January 2006
A young mother holds her tiny two-year old child at a Roma settlement in western Serbia, 22 November 2006. Roma women often wed very young, lacking financial opportunities to support themselves. (OSCE/Zorica Mrsevic)
Staff members from the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Roma Women activists and a delegation of several Serbian Ministries visit Roma settlements in the western part of the country, 22 November 2006. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
Head of the OSCE Mission's Democratization Department Hannelore Valier speaks with Rajic Cvijeta, a self-supporting Roma refugee from the settlement of Drenovac in western Serbia, 22 November 2006. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
A woman in her home at an informal Roma settlement near Sabac in western Serbia, 22 November 2006. According to current legislation, settlement residents face rigid requirements to claim ownership of the buildings in which they live. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
A family at one of Valjevo's Roma settlements in Western Serbia, 22 November 2006. Roma are often forced to live in poor, unhygienic conditions in Serbia's informal settlements. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
The OSCE Mission and a group of Roma women activists organized a trip for government officials and parliamentarians to Roma settlements in Valjevo in western Serbia, 22 November 2006. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
A young Roma at an informal settlement near Sabac in western Serbia, 22 November 2006. Roma settlements on the whole in Serbia lack legal status and basic infrastructure. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
A young inhabitant of the Roma settlement Drenovac near Sabac in western Serbia, 22 November 2006. Unemployment, illiteracy and discrimination are some of the main problems Roma face. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)