Yearly Archives: 2013

Women’s rights. Have you learned about that in school?

Women’s rights. Have you learned about that in school?
În Romania, the women gained civil rights in 1923, according to the Constitution at that time, as per the principle of gender equality and the right to vote in 1938. Have you learned about that in school? In 2015, the women are still subject to discrimination in Romania. Although a signatory part of numerous international…
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The Holocaust in Romania. Have you learned about that in school?

The Holocaust in Romania. Have you learned about that in school?
In Romania and the territories occupied by Romania during the Holocaust, 280,000 to 380,000 Romanian and Ukrainian Jews were killed or died. Have you learned about that in school? During the era of the Holocaust, the Nazi regime also targeted other groups because of their perceived "racial inferiority": the Roma,  the disabled, and some of…
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