Interview with LÃvia Járóka
Published in Interviews at Tuesday, 23 January 2007 во 5:48
LÃvia Járóka |
What is your name and current position?
LÃvia Járóka, Member of the European Parliament from Hungary.
What is your political belonging as a member of the European Parliament?
I am a member of FIDESZ (Hungarian Civic Union) and the Group of the European People’s Party and European Democrats and I serve on the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality as the deputy coordinator for European People’s Party and European Democrats group, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs and the Committee on Culture and Education .
Please describe your previous activities before becoming an MEP (short biography).
After getting MA in sociology from the Central European University Warsaw campus I made an MA in philosophy at Social Anthropology at University College London. Once, finishing my MA in philosophy I continued my studies at the same university, and started my doctorate study titled “The Politics of Ethnic Identity among Roma in Hungary”. I have been actively participated in Hungarian and international Roma civil rights movement for 10 years.
What is your opinion about the current Roma situation in Europe?
A huge number of Roma faces severe discrimination and exclusion in educational systems throughout Europe. The Roma also face important obstacles in obtaining employment. Often, this is related to their inability to receive an sufficient education, particularly as Europe becomes an increasingly knowledge-based economy.Iinefficient education, ghetto housing and chronic unemployment, are self-evidently interlinked, causing a vicious circles.(more…)
LÃvia Járóka