"Roma-led organizations to confront discrimination, expand access to education and justice, improve early childhood development and health care and amplify Roma voices in public life."
"[t]he Roma have endured centuries of discrimination and marginalization, rooted in a long history of violence from the Holocaust to forced sterilization, child removals, and evictions."
""These injustices continue to resurface, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, when Roma fleeing the war in Ukraine faced barriers to shelter and aid," he wrote. "I've always believed that open societies must protect the rights of all people especially those who are excluded. Working alongside Roma leaders and communities has been one of the most meaningful parts of my life's work.""
George Soros received the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma for long-term support of Roma communities. The prize was presented at a ceremony in Berlin where former Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke and was accepted by Alex Soros, chair of the Open Society Foundations. The award includes a 15,000 euro endowment (around $17,400). The Open Society Foundations said the prize recognized support for Roma-led organizations confronting discrimination, expanding access to education and justice, improving early childhood development and health care, and amplifying Roma voices. Soros described centuries of discrimination and recent injustices and said he will donate the prize money to the Roma Education Fund.
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