ROMA WOMEN IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR: ETHNOCULTURAL CONTEXTSTHE ROLE OF WOMEN AND WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN UKRAINIAN SOCIETY

Abstract

The article is devoted to the topical aspects of Ukraine's current state policy on supporting national minorities in the context of a full-scale war. On the basis of social and legal principles, fundamental norms and re-quirements for the development of a democratic community, the author examines the problematic issues of state participation in the socio-cultural sphere of national minority development (education, housing, health care, employment, social security, etc.) in Ukraine. Based on the analysis of a wide range of scientific studies of recent decades, it is established that in recent years, the state's attention to the Roma as an organic ethnic community in the multicultural space of Ukraine has successfully synergized the efforts of Roma civic activists, non-governmental organizations and local authorities. At the same time, one of the problems with integrating existing programs to support Roma mediators in various socio-cultural spheres into national government programs is the inadequate assessment of the role of women in the self-organization of territorial communities where Roma live compactly and their involvement in solving local issues.
The article emphasizes the growth of the leadership potential of Roma women and their outstanding role in socially useful activities and positive impact on the overall development of territorial communities in times of war. Given the circumstances of the Ukrainian present, the author concludes that there is a great social need and expediency of applying mechanisms and tools of organizational and managerial innovations to motivate the most active involvement of Roma women leaders and activists in cooperation with the authorities in the emergency conditions of war and to study this problem in detail by means of social sciences and humanities. The article identifies ways and mechanisms for solving the current problems of the Roma community and defines the role of women's leadership in Ukrainian society.