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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 ...

Annual Reports

FSG Annual Report 08

FSG as contributing author

Promoting decent work opportunities for Roma Youth in Central and Eastern Europe An ILO Resource Guide

Con esta Guía de recursos, la OIT quiere ofrecer una visión ​​sobre la situación de los romaníes en el mercado laboral en términos de discriminación, marginación y falta de acceso a recursos y servicios.La Guía de Recursos reúne instrumentos y experiencias internacionales relevantes que pueden orientar y ayudar a combatir la discriminación generalizada en el mercado laboral e institucional, así como la pobreza entre los romaníes.La Fundación Secretariado Gitano participó en la ...

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

Discrimination and the Roma community 2011 Annual Report

For the seventh consecutive year, the Equality Department of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) is making the 2011 Discrimination and the Roma Community Report available to interested parties.This report highlights the current situation of discrimination faced by the Roma community...

Working materials

A practical guide for journalists Equal Treatment, The media and Roma community

Throughout this guide, we will examine in depth a fundamental right—equality—its enjoyment by the Roma community, and the responsibilities that the media bear in this regard. Specifically, we will address the following questions: Is the Roma community subjected to discrimination? To what extent do the media contribute to perpetuating a stereotyped image of the Roma community? How can the media help improve the public perception of the Roma community? What good practices exist in this...

FSG as contributing author

Promoting the Use of ESI Funds for Roma Inclusion A glance at EURoma’s eight years of work and how Roma inclusion is considered in the 2014-2020 programming period

The Report ‘Promoting the Use of ESI Funds for Roma Inclusion. A glance at EURoma’s eight years of work and how Roma inclusion is considered in the 2014-2020 programming period’ has been elaborated in the context of the European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural Funds (EURoma Network). Led by the Spanish ESF Managing Authority (Ministry of Employment and Social Security), the Network aims to promote the use of Structural Funds for the inclusion of the ...

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 ...

Technical papers

Discrimination and the Roma community. 2018. IN DEPTH. Analysis of intersectional discrimination, with a spotlight on Roma women

The report depicts 232 cases of discrimination in which we have assisted 278 people, includes special analysis of a core issue—intersectional discrimination— with particular attention for the situation of Roma women, and indicates progress and best practice in this area...

Technical papers

Discrimination and the Roma community 2016 FSG Annual Report- Special Issue on anti-gypsyism

FSG as contributing author

EURoma Report Roma and the structural funds

AbsysEste documento proporciona el análisis de los datos disponibles relacionados con el uso de los Fondos Estructurales para la mejora de las condiciones de vida de la población gitana. Después de una introducción del contexto en el que se creó EURoma, examinando paso a paso las transformaciones económicas, políticas e institucionales que condicionaron su desarrollo inicial, el informe expone el proceso de constitución y las actividades de la red antes de realizar un análisis crítico de los ...

FSG as contributing author

Health and the roma community : analysis of action proposals : reference document English version

AbsysHealth and the roma community : analysis of action proposals : reference document...

FSG as contributing author

Health and the Roma Community Analysis of action proposals

The document is the result of the contributions made at the seminar on "Health Equity and the Roma Community," which took place on November 11, 2004. It includes a diagnosis for action and recommendations for intervention...

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 ...

FSG as contributing author

Practical Guide for NGOs to prevent discrimination against the Roma communities

FSG as contributing author

Roma Students in Secondary Education in Spain A comparative study. Executive summary

A comparative study 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...

Guía para la actuación con la Comunidad Gitana en los Servicios Sanitarios

The ultimate aim of this Guide is to contribute to reducing health inequalities within the National Health System, addressing the need to ensure that all individuals accessing healthcare services receive equitable and culturally appropriate treatment tailored to their specific needs. To this end, the Guide sets out a series of proposed actions aimed at addressing existing inequalities regarding the Roma population’s access to the public healthcare system. It has been translated into ...