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#YoSoyDelMercadillo, an initiative to support street vending after the Covid-19 crisis
#YoSoy De lMercadillo, an initiative to support street vending after the Covid-19 crisis The crisis has had a terrible consequences on the sector FSG 1 Employment Communication Celebrities and ordinary citizens pa rticipate by sharing photo- or vi de o-selfies on social networks, completing the sentence: “I support street markets because…” The Fundación Secretariado Gitano de mands that street vending is supported to re-start and that its value is recognised during the Reconstruction process Escoge tu carte la The Covid-19 crisis has had a terrible impact on people who work as street vendors due to the closure of street markets, and th
Published on
23-06-2020
by FSG
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The Promociona programme of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano has been able to respond to the educational inequality increased due to COVID-19 crisis
The Promociona programme of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano has been able to respond to the educational inequality increased due to COVID-19 crisis 185 Roma stu de nts participating in Promociona obtain their school graduation in Compulsory Secondary Educa ado Gitano that aims to promote the school success of Roma youth and their continuity in their studies.During the 2019-20 aca de mic year, marked by Covid-19 , the program worked with 1275 families, 1,434 male and female stu de nts and 494 educational centres fro m 49 towns in Spain. Success at school of Roma stu de nts is possible Promociona is an educational o es specifically to Roma stu de nts and families to promote school success. The 2019/2020 aca de mic year has been marked by the COVID-19 socio-health crisis that we are still living today. The pan de mic and forced confinement exposed the broken seams of the educationa
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21-01-2021
by FSG
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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
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 La ck of food and basic necessities, scarcity of resources, and the educational gap FSG 2020042 lephone survey of the Roma people who participate in its programmes. The aim was to find out exactly how the current public health crisis caused by Covid-19 is affecting their households and what their real-life needs are, and to ensure that our actions, and the actio onomous Communities during the week of 30th March to 3rd April. 58% of the interviews were with female respon de nts and 42% with males. 15% of those interviewed were un de r 16 years of age, 46% were aged between 16 and 30, 21% between 30 and 40 he survey is valuable because it provi de s up-to-the-minute information, giving a snapshot of the general situation of the Roma popu la tion at this moment in time (based on almost 11,000 interviews across the whole country), and because of its utility as a tool for
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27-04-2020
by FSG
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The Fundación Secretariado Gitano presents its report "Discrimination and the Roma Community 2020" with the focus on discrimination in employment, now available in English version.
The Fundación Secretariado Gitano presents its report "Discrimination and the Roma Community 2020" with the focus on discrimination in employment, now avai la ble in English version. Presented at the Ministry of Equality, it collects 425 cases of discriminat ion and anti-Gypsyism FSG 1 Equal treatment Employment The FSG expresses its “ de ep concern” about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on racism and anti-Gypsyism: new forms of discrimination are emerging as victims are increasingly due to the socia l a la n d e de conomic crisis . This year's Report presents, as usual, the cases of discrimination collected throughout Spain by today will be seen on the cases documented and atten de d by the organization throughout 2019, that is, before the beginning of the COVID-19 pan de mic, in the presentation ceremony the impact of the current crisis has been allu de d to health, economic and social discrimina
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03-02-2021
by FSG
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Fundación Secretariado Gitano tackles the impact on people of Anti-Roma speech
Fundación Secretariado Gitano tackles the impact on people of Anti-Roma speech New study on Anti-Roma hate speech that appeared by the COVID-19 pan de mic FSG Igualdad y Lucha contra la discriminación 1 Equal treatment National level sages and interviewing victims of hate speech or direct witnesses of hate message and false rumours appeared in the context of the COVID-19 pan de mic. The analysis of these speeches leads to conclusions about how they are generated, how they are disseminated and what human impact they have on the people who suffer them. This study has been fun de d with a subsidy from the Office of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Co-operation. t published the study THE COVID-19 CRISIS AND ANTI-ROMA HATE SPEECH. AN ANALYSIS THROUGH CASE STUDIES OF ITS ORIGINS, DISSEMINATION AND IMPACT UPON P
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23-09-2021
by FSG
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Save the Children, Fundación Secretariado Gitano and CERMI join forces to call for urgent action against school segregation and for inclusive education
Save the Children, Fundación Secretariado Gitano and CERMI join forces to call for urgent action against school segregation and for inclusive education Fundación Secretariado Gitano, Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI) >#AlColeJuntos2030, which was presented this past Thursday during a telematic press conference. Main de mands Fundación Secretariado Gitano, the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI) and Save the C hildren have created the Alliance for Inclusive Education and against School Segregation to join forces and con de mn the la ck of opportunities caused by school segregation in Spain. During a telematic press conference held this past Thursday, th -align: baseline; margin: 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;">The three partners highlight that the current situation of the education system stil l a la llows legal — or de facto — school segregation, resulting in many children la cking equal opportunities on the basis of
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02-07-2020
by FSG
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Spanish Minister of Education pledges to reduce the high rate of academic failure in the Roma community in Spain
Spanish Minister of Education pledges to reduce the high rate of aca de mic failure in the Roma community in Spain This commitment was ma de on the occasion of the de livery of the Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO in Spanish) Certificate to sixty-two Roma s tu de nts who took part in the ‘Compulsory Secondary Education Graduate C la ssrooms’, an initiative of the Fundación Secretari hool certificate. FSG 1 Employment Education •The ‘Compulsory Secondary Education Graduate C la ssrooms’ (Au la s de Graduado en ESO) for Roma over the age of 18 is an initiative by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) i ughout the process has been key for stu de nts, especially in the final stage, when stu de nts were confined to their homes due to the COVID-19 crisis and had to rely on digital tools. On 20 July 2020, sixty-two Roma youngsters who participated in the <a href="https:
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20-07-2020
by FSG
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Statement, 8 March 2021, International Women’s Day
Statement, 8 March 2021, International Women’s Day Un de r the banner “They called me Roma but they forgot to call me a woman” the Roma Women’s Group (GMG) at the Fundación Secretariado Gitano releases this institutional statement for 8 March 2021 FSG 1 Gen de r Equality and Romani Women National level Once again, the Roma Women’s Group (GMG) at the Fundación Secretariado art of this organisation, are joining in with the celebration of 8 March, International Women’s Day. [Photo: la st face-to-face meeting of the GMG ( De c 2019)] This 8 March 2021, we wish to highlight the way in which the heal th, socia l a la n d e de conomic crisis caused by Covid-19 is de epening existing gen de r inequalities and inequalities of treatment. It represents a significant setback fo
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05-03-2021
by FSG
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The Fundación Secretariado Gitano appears before the Commission for Reconstruction at the Spanish Parliament to present its proposals
The Fundación Secretariado Gitano appears before the Commission for Reconstruction at the Spanish Parliament to present its proposals FSG 1 Acción Institucional The FSG is celebrating because the Roma popu la tion is being taken into consi de ration and the organisations which de fend their rights are being involved in the national process of socia l a la n d e de conomic reconstruc tion. We propose that Roma people are inclu de d in the construction of a mo de l of society which offers greater protection of economic and social rights. For this to happen, we n anisations, the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), represented by Mayte Suárez Vega, Subdirector General, had the opportunity to la y out the 10 points which summarise the proposals of the FSG for a more just, equitable, sustainable society, offering more solidar
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02-06-2020
by FSG
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167 Roma students obtain their secondary education diplomas with the support of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano's Promociona programme
167 Roma stu de nts obtain their secondary education diplomas with the support of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano's Promociona programme This 24th of January, International Day of Education, we de mand the right to quality education for Roma children. FSG 2 0220121 1 Education National level The 24th of January is the International Day of Education. Un de r the theme "Changing course, transforming education", UNESCO is today calling for the necessary transformations to make everyone's ly guaranteed today in our country. Six out of ten Roma children do not complete compulsory secondary education and 31% of Roma stu de nts attend segregated schools The Fundación Secretariado Gitano also takes advantage of this date to highlight the results o f Promociona, a programme for educational guidance and support, which aims to reduce the high percentages of school
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21-01-2022
by FSG
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Proposals from Fundación Secretariado Gitano for the back-to-school in September 2020
Proposals from Fundación Secretariado Gitano for the back-to-school in September 2020 Fundación Secretariado Gitano 1 Education Given the complex situation of returning to the c la ssrooms in the 2020-2021 aca de mic year, from the F retariado Gitano we want to transfer our position and proposals to the different public administrations, so that in the process of de finition, de sign and implementation of measures and protocols of initiation the situation of Roma stu de nts is taken into account du e to their special socia l a la n d e de ducational characteristics, and their safety and protection, as wel l a la s their necessary learning and socialization pro nds at 63.7% [5]. For all the abovementioned, Roma stu de nts are in a clear disadvantage and the current crisis generated by the Coronavirus is aggravating it due to the existing inequalities, but also due to the de ficiencies of the education
Published on
16-09-2020
by FSG
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The campaign " Dare to share their dreams" reflects on the prejudices that Roma students on the move suffer when attending schools in destination countries
The campaign " Dare to share their dreams" reflects on the prejudices that Roma stu de nts on the move suffer when attending schools in de stination countries The Fundación Secretariado Gitano la unches this campaign within the framework of the European projec g> The campaign "Dare to share their dreams" allows us to reflect on the prejudices that Roma migrant stu de nts suffer and aims at supporting minors graduating obligatory education. In addition, it provi de s awareness-raising materials and didactic units avai la ble for the educational community to work on interculturality and diversity. The school, a space for inclu the case of girls, for also supporting gen de r stereotypes and roles.The campaign is la unched in a context in which the COVID-19 crisis has shown that the education system has different speeds and that it is not helping migrant minors to exercise their right
Published on
28-01-2021
by FSG