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The role of European funds to address the impact of COVID-19 on Roma people [editar]

It is urgent to mobilise European funds, including European Structural and Investment Funds, to prevent, avoid and alleviate the negative impact of the current crisis on the most vulnerable groups, such as the Roma population.

Racism here, in the United States and in the EU needs to be stamped out [editar] Statement by civil society organisations committed to fighting against racial and ethnic discrimination in Spain READ MORE

The Fundación Secretariado Gitano is launching the Emergency Social Fund #JuntoALasFamiliasGitanas (#WithRomaFamilies) to tackle the situation of vulnerability now affecting thousands of families [editar]

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 Fundación Secretariado Gitano carries out a telephone survey to 11,000 Roma people that reveals the serious social impact of the Covid-19 crisis [editar] READ MORE

The Fundación Secretariado Gitano and ProFuturo distribute 300 tablets to Roma students to help with their home education [editar] 30/04/2020 The digital education programme of the Fundación Telefónica and the Fundación La Caixa has made its technology available to us to help alleviate the impact of Covid-19 VIEW MORE
The EU publishes the 5th evaluation of the Code of Conduct on hate speech on the Internet [editar] 22/06/2020 10% of cases are anti-gypsy hate speech VIEW MORE
Europe Day: it is necessary to guarantee the equal rights of the most disadvantaged people in the face of the impact of COVID-19, today and tomorrow [editar] 08/05/2020 Today, Europe Day, and in the face of the global crisis of COVID-19, we need to have a strong Europe that is capable of ensuring, with all the instruments at its disposal, equal rights for all people, especially supporting to the most disadvantaged, such as the Roma people. VIEW MORE
The Fundación Secretariado Gitano is launching the Emergency Social Fund #JuntoALasFamiliasGitanas (#WithRomaFamilies) to tackle the situation of vulnerability now affecting thousands of families. [editar] 29/04/2020 The crisis we are going through has left thousands of Roma families in a situation of social emergency due to a lack of food and basic necessities. VIEW MORE
The Fundación Secretariado Gitano carries out a telephone survey to 11,000 Roma people that reveals the serious social impact of the Covid-19 crisis
[editar] 27/04/2020 Lack of food and basic necessities, scarcity of resources, and the educational gap VIEW MORE
FSG, together with other 8 European civil society organisations working for the rights of the Roma appeal the European Commission and European Council to ensure measures to mitigate the impact of the socio-sanitary crisis of COVID19 on the Roma population across Europe [editar] 23/04/2020 Two letters have been sent to the Presidency of the European Commission and the European Council and the other to the Equality Commissioner. VIEW MORE
The Acceder travels abroad. New project in North Macedonia [editar] 13/04/2020 In the coming weeks the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) begins its participation in the project Creating Job Opportunities for All, to take the Acceder Programme to North Macedonia
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8th April, International Roma Day 2020 [editar] 08/04/2020 On this International Roma Day 2020, we wish to highlight the inequality which continues to afflict the lives of many Roma girls and boys, and which has worsened under the current lockdown VIEW MORE
We are working to make sure most disadvantaged groups such as Roma families are protected and supported in the crisis of COVID19 [editar] 07/04/2020 The staff of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano mobilise to meet the needs of the Roma population. In particular more than 250 education professionals continue providing learning support for Roma boys and girls to ensure that no one is left behind VIEW MORE
From the project "FIND your way to the world of work" in Seville we continue working with young people [editar] 24/04/2020 VIEW MORE
Nine NGOs will offer the Service of Advice and Assistance to Victims of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination, coordinated by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano. [editar] 13/04/2020 On 1st April the signing of the contract was announced in the Official State Gazette. VIEW MORE
Discrimination in access to housing is the main focus of the report “Discrimination and the Roma Community 2019”, published by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano and now available in english version.[editar] 14/04/2020 Following its presentation last 20th November in Seville (Factoría Cultural – ICAS), we now share the English version of the annual report. VIEW MORE
The staff of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano mobilise to meet the needs of the Roma population [editar] 07/04/2020 We continue to work to alleviate the effects of the Covid-19 public health crisis on the most vulnerable people VIEW MORE
We applaud the Government initiative to draft "Recommendations for action by the Social Services in vulnerable settlements and neighbourhoods"[editar] 31/03/2020 VIEW MORE
In view of the social emergency many Roma families are facing, the aid promised by the Government during the Covid-19 crisis must urgently be delivered to the most vulnerable people and neighbourhoods now [editar] 24/03/2020 VIEW MORE
Proposals to the Spanish Government for emergency measures to avoid the social and health risk of the most vulnerable Roma families [editar] 17/03/2020 From Fundación Secretariado Gitano about the crisis of the COVID-19 VIEW MORE
The Fundación Secretariado Gitano accompanies the UN Rapporteur for extreme poverty in his visits to the Polígono Sur in Seville and the Cañada Real in Madrid [editar] 03/02/2020 Special Rapporteur Philip Alston wanted to know how extreme poverty affects the Roma population in Spain VIEW MORE

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Fundación Orange, and Orange’s Gigas Solidarios programme, contribute to closing the digital gap affecting Roma pupils with a donation of equipment to the Fundación Secretariado Gitano20/05/2020[editar]

More than 360 Roma girls and boys will be able to continue their education online thanks to a donation of tablets and internet access for more than 167 vulnerable families.

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Press release from the Fundación Secretariado Gitano

The role of European funds to address the impact of COVID-19 on Roma people04/05/2020[editar]

It is urgent to mobilise available European funds, including European Structural and Investment Funds, to prevent, avoid and alleviate the negative impact of the current crisis on the most vulnerable groups, such as the Roma population.

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