Roma children – school segregation by negative social representation
The main purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse the social perceptions and representations that function at the level of the children majority regarding the Roma ethnicity children, as social determinant of school adaptation and maladjustment.
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MAINSTREAMING EMPOWERMENT OF ROMA GRASSROOTS WOMEN
The Roma movement is mainly male-dominated: the voice of women is not often heard. The reasons for this are multiple and interrelated. For instance: women’s status in their communities often does not allow them to speak out publicly and their level of education is lower than that of men. In fact, they face double discrimination: they are a marginalised group compared to both mainstream society and Roma men
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MESSAGES COMING FROM THE PUBLIC EVENT
‘COUNTERING SHRINKING SPACE FOR ROMA CIVIL SOCIETY’
On 29 November 2016, ERGO network organised a public event to discuss
the ‘Shrinking space of Roma civil society’ which was co-hosted by MEPs
Terry Reintke (Greens/EFA) and Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP). Over 80 people
participated in the meeting. One of the conclusions is that there is a squeeze on available funding for work that is not strictly oriented to the provision of social services: advocacy, watchdog work, civil monitoring, community empowerment and activism. That shrinking space of civil society is a trend in Europe, but hits hard on Roma organisations, as they are scarcely equipped and often struggling for survival
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European Commission’s Assessment of the Implementation of the
EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies:
Member States need to step-up their efforts
The report is based on information submitted by Member States of the efforts made to integrate Roma, supplemented by input from civil society. ERGO Network concludes that the report clearly indicates a lack of action in crucial areas -also those Member States with a significant number of Roma.
Therefore, ERGO Network supports the urgent call of the European Commission’s on Member States to address the key priorities and step up their efforts.
In this note we present a brief examination of the European Commission’s (EC) assessment and indicate how it can be used by Roma Civil Society in their national advocacy.
A Reference Paper on Antigypsyism.
Published by the Alliance against Antigypsyism in July 2016
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