MigRom-Tech Solutions

1. Scientific evidence shows that migrants and ethnic minorities have a low level of health literacy and might lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, which makes them more vulnerable, especially now during the pandemic. They might not be able to understand the preventive measures due to language barriers or their level of health literacy and they cannot be expected to make well-informed decisions. Ethnic and religious minorities have strictly set gender roles, where sex is a taboo. 

2. The MigRom-Tech mobile application is tailored to their needs, aiming at improving their health literacy through non-formal education and by AI, enhancing their digital inclusion, with a special focus on women and girls, helping them to study about sex and health in privacy without being ashamed.

3. The expected outcomes are: reduced prejudice and health inequalities, improved health literacy. It contributes to the UN SDGs 3, 4, 6, 10 and 16. 

Literacy, as part of the full development of human personality is a fundamental human right according to Article 26 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and technical education shall be made generally available to all (26.1). Literacy can be defined as the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute using printed and written materials associated with diverse contexts. 

The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers, adopted by the GA of the UN in 1990 reaffirms the importance of the Convention against Discrimination in Education of the UNESCO, and explicitly confirms this right to education in the case of migrants (Art.43, 45). 

According to the Education for All Report (2006) migrants can't access and acquire literacy and are the most socially excluded groups from education and literacy programs. Migrant  women are specially concerned (UNESCO, 2005). The reason is the lack of access to education and not being able to benefit from lit. programs. 

Scientific evidence shows that migrants and ethnic minorities have low level of health, digital literacy, which makes them more vulnerable and they cannot be expected to make informed decisions.

Women from ethnic minority and migrant background are especially concerned. 

The solution is a mobile application on health and sex-education tailored to the needs of migrants and ethnic minorities, with a special focus on women and girls. The application serves as an online health library where youngsters can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered through AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to cultural or religious norms. 

The application works in their ethnic languages as language barriers in many cases prevent them from understanding preventive health measures or border enforcement and administration requests, which leads to further challenges. 

The target groups are: 

a.) Roma youth (all over Europe) 

b.) migrant youth

c.) Roma women and girls

d.) Migrant women and girls

e.) Migrant youth at the border facilities 

f.) Migrant women at the border facilities

Collaboration with European institutions, NGOs, international organization, UN agencies and with technological corporates is foreseen and necessary. 

The target groups are: the Roma ethnic minority, migrants, refugees, with a special focus on women and girls. 

I am a Roma woman and I have a first-hand experience in understanding how the social, environmental and cultural determinants of health contribute to health inequalities. I use this knowledge to passionately work each day to advance health equity and equal access to health care services for all, regardless of race, religion or legal status. A sufficient level of digital and health literacy is necessary in order to adequately understand and follow health, administrative and border enforcement procedures, but most importantly it is crucial for them to make well informed decisions related to their health. 

I would like to provide them with tools that engage and help them to increase their levels of health and digital literacy, which would also advance their social integration within their hosting countries. 

The solution will address their needs through non-formal sex-, and health education through a mobile application working in their ethnic languages, as language barriers in many cases prevent them from understanding preventive health measures and administration requests, which leads to further confusions and discrimination. 

The Mig-Rom Tech Solutions is a health-tech innovation, which on the short term aims at reducing the spread of the pandemic among vulnerable communities through improving their knowledge of the pandemic and level of health literacy. It helps them to improve their individual hygiene, to learn about the dangers of emerging outbreaks, migration, vaccination, early parenthood, etc. helping them to make informed decisions. Importantly, it also protects health and social workers in contact with these groups through encouraging migrants and ethnic minorities making early, and informed decisions. The program is in alignment with SDGs 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16. 

Although the technical tools and the scientific evidence is given, an innovative approach to link them in order to increase the health literacy of migrants and ethnic minorities through digital tools does not exist yet. 

Talking about sex and sexual development is a taboo in many ethnic minority and religious cultures, which prevents youngsters of these groups from asking their questions from their parents. So they can not be expected to make informed and right decisions when it comes to sex, STDs, protection, prevention, vaccination, pregnancy and so on. The application answers their questions in privacy, without being ashamed of talking about a taboo issue. 

The change that creates a new dimension of performance of the MigRom Tech Solutions is that it makes advantage of scientific evidence and provides a solution to the needs of these vulnerable groups as well as their hosting countries. Innovation of this solution can be defined by the positive outcomes of linking science and technology in a way that has not yet been linked before.

The MigRom-Tech Solutions is a new process that relies on technology as its main function, since the Solution is based on a mobile application that migrants and ethnic minorities could benefit from and that would improve their health literacy through digital technologies. It makes use of an existing technology through a new application as such a technological solution does not exist yet. It relies on a software that advances digital inclusion through technology.  The application is currently being developed in its very 1st phase and seeks support. 

Mobile smart phones have become available to all and serve as an indispensable tool for everyone. Scientific evidence (https://doi-org.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/10.1371/journa... and https://doi-org.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/10.1080/216323...) shows that mobile technologies have an important role in the day-to-day practices of refugees; from reading the news, to being informed about the events in the country of origin, to keeping contacts with family and friends, and that one of the main needs of the daily life of refugees was the possibility to access information. However, they are vulnerable to misinformation due to their insufficient level of literacy. 

An UNHCR article (https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/sm...) also reports that "Unlike their predecessors during World War II, today’s refugees have replaced their suitcases with smartphones as they pursue their migratory journeys throughout the region."

A background paper (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark...) reports on the literacy of migrants stating that these groups don't have access to literacy programs and are mostly socially excluded. 

All these evidence suggest that digital inclusion of migrants and ethnic minorities should be sought via technologies, and that a mobile application working in their ethnic languages would highly support and help them. Sex and sexual development is a taboo in many ethnic minority and religious cultures. The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application ensures that women and girls of these vulnerable groups can study about sex and health in privacy. 

The problem: 

1. Low level of health and digital literacy of migrants and ethnic minorities (MEMs). 2. They are at an increased risk under the current pandemic. 3. They have increased risk to receive misinformation or not being able to understand and interpret health information. 4. They cannot be expected to make informed decisions. 5. Social tension, discrimination and racism against migrants and ethnic minorities. 6. There is a negative narrative. 7. Language barriers lead to challenges and confusion in understanding information, and in communicating with authorities. 8. MEM women are especially concerned as taboo within their culture and traditions is taboo and so they can't seek information publicly. 

Audience:

Direct audience: 

1. Migrants, refugees and ethnic minority groups (MEMs). 

2. MEM women, girls and youth.  

Indirect audience: Border facility, health and social workers in contact with MEMs. 

Entry point: MEMs' use of mobile phones. 

Activities: 

1. The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application 

Outputs: 

1. MEMs' enhanced digital and social inclusion. 

2. Easily adaptable international model.  

Short term outcome:

1. Slower spread of the virus among MEM communities. 

2. Increased protection of vulnerable groups and health workers, improved health literacy of these vulnerable groups, and they can make informed decisions. 

Medium term outcome: 

1. Engagement of MEMs in learning activities. 

2. MEMs' increased understanding of the importance of the health system (prevention, screening, vaccination, etc), and digital inclusion, and improved level of health literacy, helping them to make well informed decisions on sex, health and early parenting. 

3. Breaking the stereotypes and changing the narrative. 

4. Less social tension and racism. 

5. Improved social and digital skills of MEMs, better understanding of their hosting country's culture. 

6. Less social tension. 

Long term outcomes: 

1. Improved health and digital literacy of MEMs, especially of girls and women.

2. Decreased social, digital and health inequalities. 

3. Easier social integration, increased mutual understanding. 

4. Less discrimination, stigma and racism towards MEMs. 

5. Smooth border facility, health-related and administrative procedures. 

6. Increased understanding of cultural diversity, social inclusion. 

7. Well-informed health and family planning decisions.  

The current number of people the MigRom-Tech Solutions are serving: Being in its very first phase strongly depending on funding, the MigRom-Tech does not directly serve these groups yet, however, efforts to contribute to policy-making processes on the European level have been made through EU institutions and civil society organization, and public recommendations to be made on the local levels were published and disseminated. Also, fund seeking is ongoing. 

The number the MigRom-Tech Solutions will be serving in one year:

Bulgaria: 750,000 Roma (CoE)

Hungary: 750,000 Roma (CoE)

Romania: 1,000,000 Roma 

Greece: 300,000 Roma and 50,000 refugees 

Italy: 150,000 Roma and x refugees 

Turkey: 500,000 Roma and 4,000,000 refugees

The number the MigRom-Tech Solutions will be serving in five year:

In addition to those above, Roma populations Europe-wide, as well as Syrians, Lybians and other nationals from large immigrant and refugee populations should also benefit from the activities of the MigRom-Tech Solutions in order for them to improve their health literacy via health education, and their digital literacy in order for them to make informed decisions. 

I belong to Europe's largest ethnic minority group, the Roma minority and so I have a first hand experience in understanding how being socially excluded and discriminated against feels like. 

Ethnic and religious minorities have strictly set gender roles, where sex is a taboo, which is partly the reason of their low level of health literacy. I know the challenges of becoming and educated woman from an ethnic minority, besides keeping my traditions and gender roles. I firmly believe in a democratic world based on equality and I work each day to advance health equity for all. This is why I created the MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application. 

I want to encourage other girls and women from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds to explore their capacities. 

My ultimate impact goal with the MigRom-Tech Solutions program is to increase the health and digital literacy of MEM groups, especially of women of these groups. 

There are cultural and religious norms of both of these groups that cannot be changed and so solutions that help them conserve their cultures and traditions while helping their inclusion and integration them are needed. 

I believe that the MigRom-Tech Solutions program can strongly contribute to this ultimate impact goal and it contributes to the UN SDGs 3,4,5,10 and 16. I also plan to seek collaboration with EU institutions, UN agencies, NGOs, CSOs and other organizations. 

The biggest barrier is the lack of funding. Financial barriers prevent me from dedicating myelf 100% to the promotion and implementation of this program. However, out of working hours I try to fully dedicate myself to it, I address the European Commission, the World Health Organization and try to seek collaboration on different levels. Still, being a mother with a 3-years old daughter working from home during the pandemic it is very challenging. But at the end of the day I don't give up on my dream and use most of my free time to work towards the successful launch of this program. 

I have the moral support and the infrastructure operating this program, however, financial support is very much needed.

Another important information is that in 2013 I established the Roma Health Fund. The mission of the Fund was to improve the health literacy of the Roma communities, to provide young, Roma girls with sex-education with a focus on prevention and reproductive rights, to train healthcare workers on cultural diversity, and to provide Roma communities with free-of charge mobile health screening programs. Although the mission of the Roma Health Fund was widely supported, as I never wanted to commit the Fund politically, and has always strived for political independence, the Fund never got any operational grants or financial support, and so finally in 2017, to my greatest regret I decided to cease its activities. 

I still believe in political independence when it comes to surving the vulnerable. 

I am submitting fund and grant requests to possible donors, I initiated discussions with high-level European Union institutions and the WHO, and I also try to get in touch with tech giants in order to see their will to collaborate. However, it is a very time-consuming and demanding task and I firmly believe that finding partners would be much easier once the financial needs are met. 

6-7 professionals (2 Muslim, Roma women, 1 Muslim, Roma man, 3 Christian Roma men, 1 woman from the LGBT community) will work with me in case of a successful application. 

About their expertise:

2 Teachers working with disadvantaged children 

1 Communications professional working on delivering news and reports on MEM communities 

1 Expert working with refugee children at the Turkish-Syrian border 

2 Expert on Roma issues 

1 Expert on Roma education and IT 

I am a 35 years old Roma woman, a mother and a public health professional with a passion to provide equal access to health for all with 18 years of experience. I have been promoting human rights for vulnerable groups since 2002 when I had the chance to become the only participant of Roma ethnicity of the International Democracy Camp in 2003, organized by the Florida Law Related Association inc. in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 

Within the past decade I have focused my work to advancing the access to healthcare services for the Roma and migrant groups Europe-wide, and among others I had the chance to collaborate with the WHO, the UN, the Council of Europe and European universities. I am a former Scientific Collaborator of the Brussels-based UCLouvain University where I co-authored a chapter on the adaptation of primary care for migrants. 

In 2011 I was the only woman of Roma ethnicity to become a Youth Peace Ambassador of the Council of Europe and today, working as a Roma advocate on the field of public health I use my skills and knowledge gained within the past 18 years to advance equal access to healthcare for all, and I base my work on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. 

The team members to join are experts with decades of experience on education, minority groups and IT, and are themselves members of disadvantaged groups. 

But most importantly because we do care. 

As this activity does not benefit from any financial support and is carried out on a voluntary basis, there is no formal partnership established yet. However, I envisage future collaboration with civil society organizations, NGOs, international organization, states, European Union institutions, UN bodies on the one hand, and with tech corporates on the other. 

I have contacted Brussels-based Roma civil society organizations, had email exchanges with the European Commission, the World Health Organization and the State Secretary for Health of Hungary. 

I also approach celebrities that might be interested in this program. 

Key resources: HR, Finances, Technology, Donors

Key Activities: 

1. Non-formal educational activities, such as workshops and campaigns 

2. Mobile application development 

3. Research 

Intervention: 

1. Product: Mobile application development 

Segments/Beneficiaries:

1. MEM communities

1.a. Roma women

1.b. Migrant women 

1.c. Roma youth

1.d. Migrant youth 

2. Healthcare workers 

3. Social workers 

4. Border facilities

5. Healthcare facilities 

6. The whole of the society

Value Proposition: 

Financial ability to start operation 

Partners and Key Stakeholders:

1. European institutions

2. United Nations agencies 

3. Civil society organizations 

4. Healthcare facilities 

5. Technology companies 

Channels:

1. Website

2. Social Media 

3. Website and social media of all partners 

Customers:

1. Social entrepreneurship investors 

2. European institutions

3. United Nations agencies 

Impact measures:

Establishing a network that promotes health and digital literacy for disadvantaged communities through digital inclusion and non formal education. 

Cost Structure:

1. Online platform

2. Technological and AI investment 

3. Staff 

Surplus, the profit to be invested to: 

1. International platform development

2. Regional development of the program

3. Global development of the program 

Revenue: 

1st year: 

1. Social entrepreneurship investors 70%

2. Donors 30%

2nd year: 

1. Social entrepreneurship investors 50% 

2. Donors 20% 

3. EU institutions 20% 

4. UN agencies 10% 

3rd year: 

1. Social entrepreneurship investors 20% 

2. Donors 20% 

3. EU institutions 30% 

4. UN agencies 30% 

Once international collaboration is established, grant applications to the European Commission can also be made. 

1. Funds are expected through social entrepreneurship investors, donations and grants, and revenue over the 1st year is expected as follows:

i. Social entrepreneurship investors 70 %

ii. Donors 30 % 

2. In the same time EU and UN institutions are to be approached by the program and as of the 2nd year of the program funding is expected as follows:

i. Social entrepreneurship investors 50% 

ii. Donors 20% 

iii. EU institutions 20% 

iv. UN agencies 10% 

3. The overall aim is to depend on reliable and sustainable financial revenues provided mainly by the European Union and the United Nations, while decreasing the financial burdens of social entrepreneurship investors and donors. The funding of the 3rd year of the program is envisaged as follows:

i. Social entrepreneurship investors 20% 

ii. Donors 20% 

iii. EU institutions 30% 

iv. UN agencies 30% 

Once international collaboration is established, grant applications to the European Commission can also be made. 

I believe that the Solve community is one of the greatest community to belong to. I am a woman, a mother from an ethnic minority background with a great passion to work for social inclusion, to promote the values of diversity and democracy, and to create innovative solutions that help the disadvantaged and most deprived communities Europe-wide.

I personally believe that I, coming from an ethnic group that is under-represented in the scientific, political and technological domains have a moral obligation to reach out and seek support, let it be moral or financial, and to work towards advancing social integration and access to social services for disadvantaged communities. As a Roma woman coming from a traditional family I don't have examples to follow in terms of leadership, diplomacy, science or politics and so I would like to belong to a network that helps me to further deepen my understanding and knowledge of social entrepreneurship. For this reason, and for the 9 months long support that is provided, as well as for the possibility of increasing the representation of women of my kind, I want to become a Solver. The financial support and grants provided through Solve are the icing on the cake. 

I am a candidate for the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health mandate in 2020, which being the only candidate of Roma ethnicity, is a wonderful achievement that I am very proud of. The UN SR mandate's and Solve's international reputation complete each other well. 

As one element of this program is based on technology and AI, and as I do not have any relevant education or experience on the field of technology, I need technological support for the implementation of the program all along the way. 

For product and service distribution we need to establish relationships with organizations working on the field, as well as with EU institutions, UN agencies and other stakeholders. 

In order to keep transparency as a priority and in order to well navigate between transparency and confidentiality I need support in legal and regulatory matters. 

As I estimate this program to be implemented regionally and on a bigger scale and I envisage funds and revenues to be of huge amounts, I also need support in establishing proper funding and revenue models. 

It would be great to partner with and learn from the following Solver teams: 

Ada Health, Erase All Kittens, Sima by Kukua, Century Tech, Team Up 2 Teach, Kiron Open Higher Education, WeRobotics, Tabshoura Tiny Thinkers

In addition to that I would also like to team with UN agencies, such as the WHO, the UNHCR and UNESCO, and other organizations and state facilities working in/directly with migrants, refugees, or Roma communities. 

I am a public health professional, a mother, and a woman coming from a traditional Roma family. Being a Roma woman gave me a first-hand experience in understanding how it is to be discriminated against and how it is to be denied from my fundamental rights to health or social services. I work each day to advance health equity and equal access to health care services for all, regardless of race, religion or legal status. 

Sex and sexual health is a taboo in many ethnic minority and religious cultures. The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application ensures that refugees can learn about sex and health in privacy. 

The MigRom-Tech Solutions application puts a special focus on women from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds and promotes sex-and health-education through an innovative technological solution by AI.

It serves as an online health library where they can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered through AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. 

This prize would not only ensure the sustainability of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program but also would be a huge achievement, through which I could serve as an example to girls and women of my kind encouraging them fighting for their rights and dreams. I consider this to be my moral obligation. The objectives of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program contribute to the UN SDGs 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16. 

I am a public health professional, a mother, and a woman coming from a traditional Roma family. Being a Roma woman gave me a first-hand experience in understanding how it is to be discriminated against and how it is to be denied from my fundamental rights to health or social services. 

My mother has not even finished elementary school as she got married at the age of 14, just like many Roma girls do. Still, she encouraged me to study and see the world, so that I can create my own world along with keeping our traditions. One generation later I am a candidate for the United Nations - Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the right to health mandate. 

Sex and sexual health is a taboo in many ethnic minority and religious cultures.

The MigRom-Tech Solutions application puts a special focus on women from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds and it serves as an online health library where they can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered through AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. 

This prize would not only ensure the sustainability of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program but also would serve these girls and women helping them learning about their health rights.  The objectives of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program contribute to the UN SDGs 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16. 

Ethnic and religious minorities have strictly set gender roles, where sex and sexual health is a taboo. I know the challenges of becoming an educated woman coming from an ethnic minority, besides keeping my traditions and gender roles. I firmly believe in equality and I work each day to advance health equity for all. This is why I created the MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application. 

The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application puts a special focus on educating vulnerable women and girls and serves as an online health library where they can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered through AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. 

My mother has not even finished elementary school as she got married at the age of 14, just like many Roma girls do. Still, she encouraged me to study and see the world, so that I can create my own world along with keeping our traditions. One generation later I am a candidate for the United Nations - Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the right to health mandate. 

This prize would not only ensure the sustainability of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program but also would serve as an example to girls and women of my kind encouraging them to learn about their health rights. The objectives of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program contribute to the UN SDGs 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16. 

Ethnic and religious minorities have strictly set gender roles, where sex and sexual health is a taboo. I know the challenges of becoming an educated woman coming from an ethnic minority, besides keeping my traditions and gender roles. I firmly believe in equality and I work each day to advance health equity for all. This is why I created the MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application. 

The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application puts a special focus on educating vulnerable women and girls and serves as an online health library where they can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered through AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. 

My mother has not even finished elementary school as she got married at the age of 14, just like many Roma girls do. Still, she encouraged me to study and see the world, so that I can create my own world along with keeping our traditions. One generation later I am a candidate for the United Nations - Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the right to health mandate. 

This prize would not only ensure the sustainability of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program but also would serve as an example to girls and women of my kind encouraging them to learn about their health rights. The objectives of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program contribute to the UN SDGs 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16. 

I am a public health professional, a mother, and a woman coming from a traditional Roma ethnic minority family. Being a Roma woman gave me a first-hand experience in understanding how it is to be discriminated against and how it is to be denied from my fundamental rights to health or social services. I work each day to advance health equity and equal access to health care services for all, regardless of race, religion or legal status. 

My mother has not even finished elementary school as she got married at the age of 14, just like many Roma girls do. Still, she encouraged me to study and see the world, so that I can create my own world along with keeping our traditions. One generation later I am a candidate for the United Nations - Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the right to health mandate. 

Ethnic and religious minorities have strictly set gender roles, where sex and sexual health is a taboo. I know the challenges of becoming an educated woman coming from an ethnic minority, besides keeping my traditions and gender roles. I firmly believe in equality and I work each day to advance health equity for all. This is why I created the MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application. 

The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application puts a special focus on educating vulnerable women and girls and serves as an online health library where they can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered by AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application ensures that these vulnerable groups can study about sex and health in privacy, thanks to AI. 

The application serves as an online health library where youngsters can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered through AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. 

I want to encourage other girls and women from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds to explore their capacities and to learn about their health rights.

This prize would not only ensure the sustainability of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program but also would be a huge achievement, through which I could serve as an example to girls and women of my kind encouraging them fighting for their rights and dreams, which I also consider to be my moral obligation. 

The objectives of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program contribute to the UN SDGs 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16: 

- SDG 3 through improving the health literacy and helping them in understanding the necessity of vaccination,

- SDG4 through educating youth from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds on health via digital a technological innovation contributing to their digital inclusion, 

- SDG5 through educating and empowering girls and women from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds on health via digital a technological innovation contributing to their digital inclusion ,

- SDG10 as the target groups of this program are among the most vulnerable, disadvantaged and deprived,

- SDG16 as the program is mostly based on the right to health and education set out by the Constitution of the World Health Organization and by Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

I am a public health professional, a mother, and a woman coming from a traditional Roma ethnic minority family. Being a Roma woman gave me a first-hand experience in understanding how it is to be discriminated against and how it is to be denied from my fundamental rights to health or social services. I work each day to advance health equity and equal access to health care services for all, regardless of race, religion or legal status. 

My mother has not even finished elementary school as she got married at the age of 14, just like many Roma girls do. Still, she encouraged me to study and see the world, so that I can create my own world along with keeping our traditions. One generation later I am a candidate for the United Nations - Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the right to health mandate. 

Ethnic and religious minorities have strictly set gender roles, where sex and sexual health is a taboo. I know the challenges of becoming an educated woman coming from an ethnic minority, besides keeping my traditions and gender roles. I firmly believe in equality and I work each day to advance health equity for all. This is why I created the MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application. 

The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application puts a special focus on educating vulnerable women and girls and serves as an online health library where they can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered by AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. The MigRom-Tech Solutions mobile application ensures that these vulnerable groups can study about sex and health in privacy, thanks to AI. 

The application serves as an online health library where youngsters can learn about sexual health, sex, STDs, prevention, pregnancy, birth, vaccination, health rights, etc. and can ask questions that are answered through AI. They can raise their questions in privacy, without being ashamed due to the cultural or religious norms. 

I want to encourage other girls and women from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds to explore their capacities and to learn about their health rights.

This prize would not only ensure the sustainability of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program but also would be a huge achievement, through which I could serve as an example to girls and women of my kind encouraging them fighting for their rights and dreams, which I also consider to be my moral obligation. 

The objectives of the MigRom-Tech Solutions program contribute to the UN SDGs 3, 4, 5, 10 and 16: 

- SDG 3 through improving the health literacy and helping them in understanding the necessity of vaccination,

- SDG4 through educating youth from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds on health via digital a technological innovation contributing to their digital inclusion, 

- SDG5 through educating and empowering girls and women from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds on health via digital a technological innovation contributing to their digital inclusion ,

- SDG10 as the target groups of this program are among the most vulnerable, disadvantaged and deprived,

- SDG16 as the program is mostly based on the right to health and education set out by the Constitution of the World Health Organization and by Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.