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A Right to Equal Healthcare- The Case of Romani Women in Macedonia

An hour and a half scenic drive through the mountains from Skopje, Macedonia, is situated beautiful Prilep, a town of about 65,000 people. I travelled there to interview Nesime Salioska, the founder of the NGO ‘Roma SOS...’ Her vision and that of Roma SOS “is to create opportunities for the Romani community to become equal citizens with equal rights and opportunities in society”.

Teresa Janevic, a 2010-11 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow, writes about her experience researching prenatal and maternity care among women in Serbia and Macedonia. The following is part of a series of blog pieces from our US scholars, who are conducting research in the field.

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