The lecture will address the rise of visibility of Roma feminism in different contexts and movements when producing knowledge in research, activism, art and culture. Intersectionality, thus desirable in social movements is still a theory and not a way of acting. I will analyse different models of Roma women’s strategies to understand where is their place or a new feminism is emerging.

Dr. Carmen Gheorghe is a Roma feminist, activist and scholar from Romania. She has been engaged in civil society for the last 21 years and her main work was focused on roma women and girls rights through grassroots work, community development, gender issues, intersectionality, politics of identity and reproductive justice. She is the co-founder of E-Romnja Association, a Roma feminist NGO in Romania. Since 2018 she developed an academic course on Roma feminism and politics of identity.