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helena Válková (FOTO: Tony Danilov)

Czech lower house has opened the way to extend the compensation process for forced sterilization victims, amendment to public health insurance law is about to enter the final reading

Zdeněk RyšavýGwendolyn Albert
13 March 2025
3 minute read
Sterilizace (Ilustrační FOTO: Envato Elements)

Czech court sides with Romani victim of forced sterilization, quashes Health Ministry's rejection of her request for compensation, says her family member's testimony cannot be ignored

Zdeněk RyšavýGwendolyn Albert
28 February 2025
Mirolsva Vodrážka (FOTO: Ministertsvo obrany)

Miroslav Vodrážka, fighter against the communist regime, calls on Czech PM to extend the law to compensate forcibly sterilized women

ROMEAGwendolyn Albert
17 October 2024
Poslední šance: Diskuze o odškodnění nezákonně sterilizovaných žen proběhla 1. 10. 2024 v kině Přítomnost v Praze (FOTO:

Almost 2,000 applications for compensation for forced sterilizations filed with Czech authorities - what evidence can be submitted if original medical records no longer exist?

Jitka Votavová
04 October 2024
Stanislav Křeček (FOTO: Petr Zewlakk Vrabec)

Czech ombudsman sharply criticizes Health Minister over poor implementation of the compensation process for forcibly sterilized women - the ministry does not communicate, does not meet deadlines, applications are piling up unanswered

ROMEA
02 October 2024
Diskuze v kině Přítomnost (Ilustrační FOTO: Petr Karlach)

LAST CHANCE: Discussion of compensation for forcibly sterilized women in Prague - only three months left to apply!

ROMEAGwendolyn Albert
27 September 2024
1 minute read
Diskuze v kině Přítomnost (Ilustrační FOTO: Petr Karlach)
Ministr zdravotnictví Vlastimil Válek (uprostřed) na tiskové konferenci po jednání vlády, 11. září 2024 (FOTO: Úřad vlády ČR)

Forcibly sterilized women write to the Czech Health Ministry: The compensation system needs to be immediately changed!

ROMEAGwendolyn Albert
13 September 2024
3 minute read
Ministr zdravotnictví Vlastimil Válek (uprostřed) na tiskové konferenci po jednání vlády, 11. září 2024 (FOTO: Úřad vlády ČR)
Ilustrační FOTO: Envato Elements

Czech Health Ministry has awarded compensation for illegal sterilizations to 629 women so far, hundreds more await a decision, the opportunity to apply expires at the end of this year

ČTKROMEAGwendolyn Albert
11 August 2024
2 minute read
Ilustrační FOTO: Envato Elements
Porod (Ilustrační FOTO: Envato Elements)

Serbia: Romani mother says obstetrician broke one of her ribs, racially insulted and threatened her during labor, causing her baby to die

Zdeněk RyšavýGwendolyn Albert
24 January 2024
5 minute read
Porod (Ilustrační FOTO: Envato Elements)
Gwendolyn Albert na konferenci OBSE 11. 10. 2023 ve Varšavě. (FOTO: Miroslav Brož)
Opinion

Gwendolyn Albert: Forced sterilization victims are dying while the Czech Health Ministry doubts their eligibility for compensation

Gwendolyn Albert
15 November 2023
3 minute read
Gwendolyn Albert na konferenci OBSE 11. 10. 2023 ve Varšavě. (FOTO: Miroslav Brož)
Diskuze s názvem Nucené sterilizace romských (a dalších) žen - snahy o jejich zastavení a odškodnění, 21. 9. 2023 (FOTO: František Bikár)

Czech Health Ministry refusing evidence other than original medical records when awarding compensation for forced sterilizations, more than 1,500 victims have applied

ROMEAČTKGwendolyn Albert
15 November 2023
5 minute read
Diskuze s názvem Nucené sterilizace romských (a dalších) žen - snahy o jejich zastavení a odškodnění, 21. 9. 2023 (FOTO: František Bikár)
Ida Kelarová (FOTO: Petr Kadlec, České filharmonie)

Czech President Petr Pavel will give state honors to singer Ida Kelarová, the first Romani woman in history to receive them

ČTKZdeněk RyšavýGwendolyn Albert
26 October 2023
2 minute read
Ida Kelarová (FOTO: Petr Kadlec, České filharmonie)
Janette Maziniová Motlová, ředitelka VÚDPaP, Bratislava (Zdroj: Magda Kmeťková)

Janette Motlová came from a Romani settlement and today directs the Research Institute of Child Psychology and Psychopathology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Patrik BangaFrantišek BikárZdeněk RyšavýGwendolyn Albert
22 August 2023
2 minute read
Janette Maziniová Motlová, ředitelka VÚDPaP, Bratislava (Zdroj: Magda Kmeťková)
Stanislava Klabouchová (FOTO: se svolením S. Klabouchové)

Stanislava Klabouchová, dancer and nurse in the Czech Republic: "Some people are amazed to see a Romani woman in traumatology, others don't believe I'm Romani."

Patrik BangaGwendolyn Albert
19 July 2023
1 minute read
Stanislava Klabouchová (FOTO: se svolením S. Klabouchové)
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