to this day some 22 000 roma who fled live in the capital skopje. unemployment is rampant in europe's largest roma settlement. often unaware of their rights, the people who live here are afraid of the authorities, like one woman is trying to break down this barrier. latifa sikovska lost her career as a professional football player when the yugoslav state fell apart. her determination and perseverence helps many roma families escape isolation. >> skopje capital of the former yugoslavian republic of macedonia. with more than half a million residents, it's the country's largest city. it's divided into ten municipalities, one of which is uto orizari. more than 22,000 people live here. most of them are roma. they fled to macedonia during the kosovo war and they've remained in uto orizari. 30-year-old bajramsha selmani is one of them. she shares her small house with her husband and seven children. no one in the family has a job. ljatife sikovska is herself a roma, but she refuses to accept the situation her compatriots are in. so she's founded an organiza