ABSTRACT
Under rapidly changing circumstances, the ethnic and non-ethnic activism of Roma, Gypsies, and Travellers is becoming ever more resilient as it ushers in a renaissance. Such a ‘Spring’ promises a new era of pride and change in which feminism plays a pivotal role at different levels. It is a self-reflective tool, opening spaces of negotiation and conflict resolution within communities. It acts as an interface with media and the outside world on ‘cultural’ issues. It is used to strengthen intersectional awareness of internal differences of gender/sexuality, age, culture, religion, and class/status. It serves to build stronger alliances and coalitions and to struggle for the dignity of all members of marginalized communities. A critique of the concept of inclusion is offered, since this term, along with assimilation and integration, inevitably insinuates the same colonial gaze – the same sign of oppression.
