February 18, 2025, marked an important milestone for the team of the Youth Agency for the Advocacy of Roma Culture (ARKA). In partnership with the German organization Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV), they founded the Ukrainian Roma Advocacy Alliance (AURA).
Since 2022, members of the AURA team have played a leading role in organizing the Roma Forum on Ukraine — an annual platform that brings together Roma civil society, Ukrainian authorities, and international partners to ensure Roma inclusion in Ukraine’s democratic future and recovery efforts...