12.05.2016Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin also joined the campaign #RomaAreEqual
Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin joined the campaign #RomaAreEqual, initiated by the presidents of the student parliaments from 170 schools nationwide and youth volunteers to Center "Amalipe". "We must not allow any form of hate speech and xenophobia" - said Minister Kalfin supporting youth campaign #RomaAreEqual in which young people from different ethnic groups have shown that they want to live in a better world", reported the Facebook page of Ministry of Labour and social policy.
What happened on 16 April in the village of Ovchepoltsi when young Mitko was beaten by another young man just because of the claim that Roma and Bulgarians are equal, shows that the democratic principles of equality and tolerance must be constantly reaffirm and defend. In this regard, hundreds of young people spontaneously initiated a social networking campaign, as photographed with homemade inscription #WeAreEqual. During a meeting with the Committee on Education and Science in the National Assembly, held on April 21, they defied MPs to contribute to the principle of equality. As a result, MPs from all parliamentary forces stood behind the inscription #RomaAreEqual
More information about the campaign see:http://amalipe.com/index.php?nav=news&id=2586&lang=2
Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo Kalfin joined the campaign #RomaAreEqual, initiated by the presidents of the student parliaments from 170 schools nationwide and youth volunteers to Center "Amalipe". "We must not allow any form of hate speech and xenophobia" - said Minister Kalfin supporting youth campaign #RomaAreEqual in which young people from different ethnic groups have shown that they want to live in a better world", reported the Facebook page of Ministry of Labour and social policy.
What happened on 16 April in the village of Ovchepoltsi when young Mitko was beaten by another young man just because of the claim that Roma and Bulgarians are equal, shows that the democratic principles of equality and tolerance must be constantly reaffirm and defend. In this regard, hundreds of young people spontaneously initiated a social networking campaign, as photographed with homemade inscription #WeAreEqual. During a meeting with the Committee on Education and Science in the National Assembly, held on April 21, they defied MPs to contribute to the principle of equality. As a result, MPs from all parliamentary forces stood behind the inscription #RomaAreEqual
More information about the campaign see:http://amalipe.com/index.php?nav=news&id=2586&lang=2
Youth Network, created by Amalipe took over the management of key departments in the Ministry of Education during the Day of the student government May 9. Stefan Stanev - Student Ombudsman at Secondary school "Ivan Momchilov" Elena and Mitko Asenov from Aprilovo (Gorna Malina Municipality), a student at the Vocational School of Transport "MacGahan" - Sofia were deputy ministers of Education, responsible respectively for "School education" and "European funds". The young people are among the most active volunteers of Center Amalipe and organize various activities to overcome the anti-Roma stereotypes, increasing the motivation of young people for education and also often express positions on important issues of education, affecting all students, irrespective of ethnicity and social status.
Deputy Ministers Stanev and Asenov came into the ministry with an own program, which included 9 proposals, such as free textbooks for all students from 1 to 12 grades, free transport for secondary school students from villages they live to high schools where they study, installing video cameras in every school to ensure safety, modernizing the equipment of schools in small settlements, stop the closure of schools in rural areas, support for the joint education of children of different ethnic groups in the same classroom and others. These proposals they discussed first with their colleagues - Deputy ministers Dian Stamatov and Kiril Kiriakov, and then with Minister Kuneva. Elizabeth and Theodora also attended the meeting. They offered students with high performace at school- more than 5.50 to be free from state matriculation exam, because thus they will be motivated to learn more.
The meetings passed with much excitement and emotions. Stefan shared his experience as a Student Ombudsman at the school in which he studied and proposed the creation of such structures in each school as a form of protection of the rights of the students. The participants also discussues issues related to the conduct of matriculation examinations and their transparency , as well as duality education.
