Fundación Secretariado Gitano

A survey conducted by the Fun da ción Secretariado Gitano warns that the fun da mental right to education is not sufficiently guaranteed in the case of Roma youth Roma stu de nts in secon da ry education: a comparative survey FSG Educación 1 Education The survey highlights the wi de gap between Roma and non-Roma stu de nts: the dropout rate is 51 percentage points higher.Th e school failure rate among Roma stu de nts is de vastatingly high. According to the survey, 64% of Roma stu de nts between the ages of 16 and 24 fail to com r Roma youth stands at 63.7%.According to Isidro Rodríguez, Director of the FSG, “Education is a fun da mental right which must be guarantee d a da nd this survey highlights that this is not happening in the case of young Roma. ” <str

EURoma publication to support the effective inclusion of Roma at the local level by using ESI Funds FSG 1 International The EURoma Network (European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma un de r the Structural Funds) releases the gu i de “Making use of European Structural and Investment Funds for Roma inclusion. A Gui de for local authorities& #8221;. Local institutions play a crucial role in the implementation of Roma integration strategies, as they are the ones de aling directly with Roma issues. An effective implementation of a national policy at local level implies specific and concrete meas ures an d a da ctive participation of the local institutions and stakehol de rs at all stages.The European Structural and Investment Funds (

The Fun da ción Secretariado Gitano presents a "Comparative study on the situation of the Roma population in Spain in relation to employment and poverty" FSG 1 Employment Social Inclusion The strong inequality social rights in relation to the population as a whole, among the main conclusions. Poverty an d e de xclusion affect more than 80% of the Roma population and 46% are extremely poor; the child poverty rate stands at 89%; the unemplo yment rate among the Roma population is 52%; Only 17% of the Roma population over 16 have complete d E de SO studies or higher. This is the third specific study prepared by the FSG (the previous ones are from 2 on. For the FSG it is necessary to ensure that active employment policies an d e de quality policies provi de a da pted responses for the labour inclusion of the Roma population. "The majority of the Roma population suffers

In view of reports of indiscriminate police actions against the Roma community in Vitòria da Conquista (Brazil) Statement by the Fun da ción Secretariado Gitano Fun da ción Secretariado Gitano 1 Equal treatment According to local med well as entities such as the Instituto Cigano do Brasil, on 13 July 2021, in the district of Zé Gonçalves (municipality of Vitòria da Conquista), an altercation took place between two police officers an d a da Roma family that lives in the neighbourhood. As a result o the two policemen involved in the conflict were killed. Following this regrettable event, the local media and witnesses reporte d a da series of violent acts of reprisal against Roma in the same neighbourhood by military police officers. Several people were shot, of fear and insecurity among the Roma community in the municipality. In view of these events, the Fun da ción Secretariado Gitano wishes to state the following: The Roma community as a whole cannot suffer reprisals for the inci de nt that has provok

FSG, the coordinating organisation of the Service for the Assistance and Gui da nce to Victims of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination of the CEDRE, informs about the launch of new information leaflets Fun da ción Secretariado Gitano coordinates at national level t he Service for the Assistance and Gui da nce to Victims of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination of the CEDRE (Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination) tog ether with 7 organisations: Asociación Rumiñahui, ACCEM, CEAR, Spanish Red Cross, CEPAIM Foun da tion, MPDL and Re d A da coge. FSG Igual da d y Lucha contra la Discriminación 1 Equal treatment National level C/ Ahijones, s/n Madrid (Home Office) The main objective of this Service is to provi de comprehensive and coordinate d a da ssistance to victims of discriminatory inci de nts on racial or ethnic grounds, and to provi de a tech