Romni onlus was established in Rome in 2010 as a reaction to the lack of representation of the needs of Roma women in Italy. After living in Italy for 12 years, Saska Jovanovic, who is a qualified engineer and has been working as a social worker for ten years, realized that proud and educated women were not welcomed in the world of associations supporting Roma people. Consequentially, she decided to challenge this attitude and established Romni onlus association. Since its establishment, Romni onlus’ activity has been characterized by its strong grassroots presence and its initiatives in the social life of the Roma community shown that Roma NGO are mainly or exclusively composed of male members and women are totally excluded. This attitude makes Roma women suffering a simultaneous discrimination, as women and as Roma people. Furthermore, the gender discrimination towards Roma women not only arrives from the mainstream society, but also from the community itself, which is characterized by a strong man leadership.Instead, ROMNI’s vision believe in woman as pillar of the family, and we want to make the strong point that changes in the Roma society may come only from women’s initiatives.

Romni onlus aims to actively support the process of female emancipation against all forms of gender discrimination and through specific interventions directed to the support of Roma and Sinti education. We fulfill our aim undertaking actions and projects which will help and promote the integration of the Roma population in the Italian and European society, combat prejudices and discrimination with concrete, grassroots actions, while respecting different identities, the equal dignity and the fundamental values of civic life. With our work we want to combat prejudice about Roma and all forms of discrimination, direct and indirect towards our population.

• • Rome, July 2012 - partner of the House of Rights in the Socialist FOCUS Project FEI Guidelines for Intercultural citizenship '' - co-financed by the European Fund for the integration of citizens from third countries- Annuity 2011; Action 3

• • Rome, September 2013 - partner of the University of Rome 3 -Focus in the FEI Orientation Intercultural Project co-financed by the European Fund for the integration of nationals from third countries- Annuity 2012; Action 3

• Rome, July / December 2011, partners with Roma Education Found in the project * Roma inclusion in Italy, national education and employment strategies and actions *, funded by the Open Society Foundation.

''Mary when you are ready''

• Projekat ''Mary when you are ready''-Udaj se kada si spremna finansiran od Evropske komisije 2015

• Daphne call – Transnational projects on violence against women, young people and children linked to harmful practices