About ROSA
What is ROSA?
The non-profit organisation ROSA was founded in March, 2021. It describes itself as a political organisation with an intersectional view of society; working with a queer-feminist and anti-racist consensus.
In our work, it is important for us to continuously deal with the topic of racism and to critically question the potential connection between our actions and post-colonial hierarchies. We live a consensus-oriented organisational process. We design the Safespace together with the women in Greece and value a diverse team in terms of cultural backgrounds and migration experiences.
ROSA explicitly speaks out in favour of a global co-existence, prioritising solidarity that respects human rights and is against any form of state borders and repression. We call for institutional action against the current global humanitarian catastrophe and for gender-sensitive aid strategies.
In 2019, 1% of the world’s population were displaced. Of these, almost half were female (48%) (see UNHCR Global Trends 2019).
In contrast to men, the situation of fleeing women is characterized by additional burdens and challenges. In addition to gender-specific reasons for fleeing (such as genital mutilation, fear of femicide or forced marriage), various factors such as responsibility for children, existing pregnancies, and the lack of safe spaces also lead to increased vulnerability of women during flight; repeatedly leading to physical and psychological abuse (see Sexual and gender-based violence against refugee women: a hidden aspect of the refugee ”crisis“). Offering support to the growing number of people fleeing is essential due to the extent of the trauma experienced during the flight and the correlation of integration processes and the quality of life in the respective country of arrival.
People fleeing war and terror should not have to wait in front of closed borders but should actively experience help and solidarity. We need a society in which people of all genders experience real equality – that is, that the standard is not a male one and that the difficulties that women, intersex people, non-binary people, transsexual people, and all people experience are of social relevance. This presupposes that in humanitarian emergencies there are also offers of help that are tailored to the needs of these people.
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Rolling-Safespace: A mobile contact point for women on the run.
Improving the humanitarian situation of women fleeing in the short term to prevent the dangers of psychological and physical stress in the long term.
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