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FSG as contributing author

The employment of vulnerable people: a smart social investment Assessment of the impact of the Multirregional Operational Programme Fight Against Discrimination

The Operational Programme to Fight againts Discrimination (OP), managed in Spain by 10 operators (including ONCE Foundation, Fundación Secretariado Gitano, Cáritas and the Red Cross), is an instrument co-financed by the European Social Fund that contributes to economic growth and social cohesion in Spain. Thanks to the actions of these operators and in close cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security, between 2006 and 2011, nearly 100 000 jobs were created in our ...

Annual Reports

Annual report 2013 Fundación Secretariado Gitano

Versión en inglés de la Memoria Anual de actividades estatales y territoriales de la FSG durante el año 2013...

Annual Reports

FSG 2014 Annual Report (Summary Leaflet)

We present our "2014 Annual report" in digtal format.More than 35000 Roma people got better living conditions thanks to FSG programs.The excellent 2014 results reveal that is possible get beeter living conditions to many people through employment and education access. _ _ _Presentamos el "Informe anual 2014" en un nuevo formato digital.Más de 35.000 personas gitanas mejoran sus condiciones de vida en 2014 gracias a los programas de la Fundación Secretariado Gitano.Los excelentes resultados en ...

Annual Reports

FSG Annual Report 2018 (Summary Leaflet)

The Fundación Secretariado Gitano releases its Annual Report 2018 which provides an overview of the initiatives undertaken in 2018 at Spanish and European level to fulfil its mission: the comprehensive advancement of the Roma community based on respect for their cultural identity. We seek equal opportunities, personal advancement and social change. Check the Summary Leaflet and the VideoMore detailed information is available in the online version of the Annual Report 2018 http://www.gitanos.org...

Working materials

The Covid-19 Crisis and Anti-Roma Hate Speech Analysis through case studies of the origins, dissemination and impact upon people

In the context of the social and healthcare crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the declaration of a State of Alarm in Spain, the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) notes and deplores a large number of cases of stigmatisation perpetrated by the communications media and on occasion by political figures. These cases involve rumours and fake news stories which blame minority groups for the pandemic and its spread, or for violating the rules of quarantine, in alarmist language which links ...

Technical papers

Discrimination and the Roma Community. FSG Annual Report 2021 The impact of the pandemic on discrimination and antigypsyism

The total number of cases in this year’s report is 364, a drop of 58 on the previous year. The drop in cases is mostly because in 2020, the European Commission Code of Conduct did not perform a monitoring round on countering illegal hate speech online, which FSG has been participating in as a trusted flagger for the past six years. FSG usually reports more than 100 cases of anti-Roma hate speech in these monitoring rounds, which this year are absent from our report. However, we have ...

Technical papers

Evaluation of the results and impact of the Acceder Programme 2000-2020 Executive summary

This document is the executive summary of the evaluation of the results of the Acceder Programme run by Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), covering the first 20 years of its implementation, from the year 2000 to 2019 inclusive...

Discrimination and the Roma Community. FSG Annual Reports FSG

As it has done every year since 2005, Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) is publishing its Annual Report “Discrimination and the Roma Community”, with the aim of offering some specific data and verified cases of discrimination that show that for many Roma people in this country, the right to equal treatment is not a reality...

Technical papers

Exploratory pilot study on school segregation of Roma students Executive summary

This executive summary provides a synthesis of the main results of a research study on the segregation of Roma pupils, carried out between January 2020 and July 2021, and culminating in the publication of the Exploratory pilot study on school segregation of Roma students1 by the Ministry of Education...

Technical papers

Discrimination and the Roma Community 2022 Discriminatory bias in the use of artificial intelligence and its impact on the Roma community.

The Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) presented its 18th Annual Report "Discrimination and the Roma Community". The focus of the report is the Discriminatory bias in the use of artificial intelligence and its impact on the Roma community.The report includes 554 cases of discrimination and antigypsyism reported and assisted by the FSG in 2021.The report's conclusions highlight the increase in Roma awareness of the discrimination they suffer, although there are still barriers that limit the ...

Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Roma population

Results of a survey of 11,000 participants in programmes organised by the Fundacion Secretariado Gitano...

Technical papers

Study of the characteristics and circumstances of people living in slum and substandard housing settlements in Spain Executive summary

Even in the second decade of the 21st century, Spain still faces a structural problem: the presence of slum and substandard housing settlements inwhich families live in situations of extreme vulnerability. The mere existence of these settlements represents a violation of basic rights, with a possible discriminatory element given the overrepresentation of certain social groups. The settlements’ continued existence also entrenches the situation of inequality and extreme poverty of their ...

FSG as contributing author

Executive summary. Roma Students in secondary education in Spain. A comparative study

This executive summary is a synthesis of the main results of the survey entitled “El alumnado gitano en Secundaria. Un estudio comparado” which was conducted in response to the need for updated data on the educational status of Roma students in secondary school which can be compared with the official data for the general population...

Technical papers

The educational situation of Roma Students in Spain Executive summary

This study analyses the educational situation of Roma students in Spain, comparing it with the data obtained in 2012 and with the situation of the general students population in Spain. The data reflect a harsh, shocking reality.Educational progress is the main tool for Roma people to access a dignified life and, unfortunately, poverty and social exclusion still hit them hard (the poverty rate among the Roma population is 87.4% and the child poverty rate is 86.8%). Therefore, there is no choice ...

Technical papers

Discrimination and the Roma Community 2023 In Depth: Anti-Roma collective persecution

Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) presented in Seville its 19th Annual Report "Discrimination and the Roma Community" with the main theme dedicated to collective anti-Roma harassment, such as the cases that occurred in Íllora (Granada) and Peal de Becerro (Jaén) last year.This year's report presents 532 cases of discrimination and antigypsyism dealt with by FSG in 2022, in which the discriminatory nature of the incidents reported by the victims has been proven. The cases are dealt with within ...

Technical papers

Evaluation of the results and impact of the Calí Programme, for the Equality of Roma Women (2016-2023) Executive Summary

The purpose of this external evaluation is to analyse and assess the results and impact obtained and thus to issue global assessments on the utility and achievements of the Calí Programme, for the Equality of Roma Women...

Technical papers

Study on the impact of the Minimum Income on poverty among the Roma in Spain Executive Summary, 2023

This study on The Impact of the Minimum Income on poverty among the Roma in Spain is an initiative of Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) and has been carried out by the Fundación Iseak and FSG with funding from the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 under the 0.7 Subsidies for activities of social interest in 2023. The main objective was to carry out a nationwide investigative study on the scope and impact of the provision of the Minimum Income (MI) to Spanish Roma households, both in ...

Technical papers

Discrimination and the Roma Community 2024 In Depth: FSG: 20 years fighting against discrimination and antigypsyism

Fundación Secretariado Gitano presents in Madrid its 20th Annual Report ‘Discrimination and the Roma Community’.Dedicated to the analysis of the progress and challenges of anti-discrimination policies over the last 20 years.This year the report includes 384 cases of discrimination and antigypsyism dealt with by FSG in 2023...

Audio-visual material

Celebrating 600 years since the arrival of the Roma people

There are thought to be around 750-thousand Roma people settled in Spain, although the true number is unknown. And there's a lot about the community that is unknown to the Spanish public at large. This is just one of the reasons why the Spanish Government chose 2025 to celebrate the 600th anniversaryof the arrival of the Roma community in the Iberian Peninsula. In this broadcast, we celebrate this anniversary with Rafael Saavedra, from the Secretariado GitanoFoundation, who joined us from our ...

Working materials

Guide for working with Roma families towards achieving the success of their children in school A transnational methodological proposal for professionals

This guide pretends to contribute to improving the educational situation of Roma across Europe by engaging Roma parents more actively. To this end, the project has created from a transnational perspective, a practical methodological guide to help professionals working on the ground to involve Roma families in the educational processes of their children...