Fundación Secretariado Gitano

At the Fundación Secretariado Gitano, we have launched the Social Emergency Fund #JuntoALasFamiliasGitanas to respond urgently to the situation of extreme vulnerability now affecting thousands of Roma families due to the Covid-19 crisis and the lockdown.

• The FSG is celebrating because the Roma population is being taken into consideration and the organisations which defend their rights are being involved in the national process of social and economic reconstruction.

• We propose that Roma people are included in the construction of a model of society which offers greater protection of economic and social rights. For this to happen, we need more inclusive public policies which enable specific, tailored responses to be made

• Celebrities and ordinary citizens participate by sharing photo- or video-selfies on social networks, completing the sentence: “I support street markets because…”
• The Fundación Secretariado Gitano demands that street vending is supported to re-start and that its value is recognised during the Reconstruction process

Lack of food and basic necessities, scarcity of resources, and the educational gap

Two letters have been sent to the Presidency of the European Commission and the European Council. A previous one was sent to to Commissioner for Equality.