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Conducting trainings on the topic "Fight against early and arranged marriages, human
trafficking and forced begging" intended for professionals employed in the Centers for Social
Care;
Conducting educational and informational campaigns in Roma and Egyptian settlements on
the issue of trafficking in human beings/children, child arranged marriages and begging;
Monitoring and analyzing trends in the Roma and Egyptian community regarding child
marriages;
Empowering of risk groups for inclusion in the compulsory education system, particularly
Roma and Egyptian children;
Strategy for Protection of Persons with Disabilities from Discrimination and Promotion of Equality
2016-2021
The general goal of this strategy is to ensure total equality to persons with disabilities in all areas of
life in accordance with the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
and the Constitution and laws of Montenegro. The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities reviewed Montenegro's initial report (CRPD / C / MON / 1) at the 340th and 341st meeting
(refer to CRPD/C/SR.340 and 341), held on August 17th and 18th 2017 and adopted the concluding
observations at the 353rd meeting held on August 28th 2017 and defined the implementation
recommendations for, inter alia, Roma and Egyptians who are both persons with disabilities and
victims of multiple discrimination. There is a primarily a lack of effective protection for persons with
disabilities, who may be victims of intersectional discrimination, such as persons with disabilities
belonging to various ethnic groups, including Roma and Egyptians, refugees, asylum seekers or
internally displaced persons. Emphasis is placed on efforts to prevent and eliminate intersectional
discrimination against persons with disabilities, whereby special emphasis is given to children with
disabilities, members of minority groups and to ensuring equal access to all the rights under the
Convention.
Strategy for Prevention and Protection of Children from Violence 2017-2021
The strategic document is in line with the strategy for prevention and protection of children from
violence covering the period 2017-2021, whose main objective is reflected in the need to strengthen
the role of the national system in the prevention of violence and protection of physical and mental
health of children exposed to violence or at risk of violence, providing care and services for children
victims of violence and mitigating health and other negative consequences of violence. Considering
that Roma and Egyptian children are one of the most vulnerable categories, especially in the part
relating to arranged child marriages and to a high degree of acceptance of gender-based violence, in
drafting a new strategic document, special importance was given to harmonization with the subject
strategy.
Strategy on Migration and Reintegration of Repatriates in Montenegro, for the Period 2021-2025
Considering that Roma and Egyptians represent one of the most jeopardized categories of the
population when it comes to migration and readmission, the strategic document envisages the
activities for reintegration of repatriates following their readmission, which are reflected in:
providing temporary accommodation when necessary, distribution of humanitarian aid, providing
psycho-social support to repatriates upon readmission for the purpose of reintegration, as well as
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