Segregation Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/tag/segregation/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:46:44 +0000 de hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Segregation Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/tag/segregation/ 32 32 Italy and Segregated Roma Camps https://rroma.org/de/italy-and-segregated-roma-camps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=italy-and-segregated-roma-camps Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:46:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27687 Following the intervention of Roma activists and the European Roma Rights Center, the Calabria region had to change the plan […]

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]]> Following the intervention of Roma activists and the European Roma Rights Center, the Calabria region had to change the plan that envisaged the construction of segregated housing for Roma families with European money. At their instigation, the European Commission began to look into the case and the project was modified – instead of a new ghetto, Roma families are to be integrated into regular municipal housing. However, activists warn that the new version of the plan still has serious shortcomings.

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]]> Slovakia: Special Schools https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-special-schools-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-special-schools-2 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:58:19 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27400 Public Defender of Rights (VOP) Róbert Dobrovodský considers the incorrect placement of children from marginalized Roma communities in the special […]

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]]> Public Defender of Rights (VOP) Róbert Dobrovodský considers the incorrect placement of children from marginalized Roma communities in the special education system to be an extremely serious violation of the right to education. According to him, this has irreversible negative consequences for their future, as well as negative consequences for society as a whole. The Ombudsman pointed this out in connection with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of Salay v. the Slovak Republic, in which it found a violation of the right to education and the prohibition of discrimination against a pupil of Roma origin by his placement in a special class for children with mild mental disabilities.

Unfortunately, placing Roma children in special schools happens still too often.

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]]> Slovakia and Segregated Schools https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-and-segregated-schools-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-segregated-schools-2 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 07:21:20 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27388 An article about the systemic racism against Roma in Slovakia, especially in the school system and on court cases against […]

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]]> An article about the systemic racism against Roma in Slovakia, especially in the school system and on court cases against it, the latest one being from a school in an excluded Roma community in the village of Stráne pod Tatrami.

The article also says that the current prime minister Robert Fico approved Milan Mazurek’s statements about “gypsy anti-social groups” and “zoological gardens”, to which he compared the Roma school, in 2019. He was convicted for his words, but still continues.

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]]> Slovenia and School Inclusion https://rroma.org/de/slovenia-and-school-inclusion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-and-school-inclusion Wed, 05 Mar 2025 07:22:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27382 The Slovene education ministry is planning amendments to the Kindergarten Act, which aims to increase the inclusion of Roma in […]

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]]> The Slovene education ministry is planning amendments to the Kindergarten Act, which aims to increase the inclusion of Roma in preschool education.

Now look at the picture used to illustrate this: This is typical of segregated schools, where stereotypes are the norm. Would this happen to other minorities?

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]]> Slovakia: Survey on Roma https://rroma.org/de/27232-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=27232-2 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:42:03 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27232 The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities commissioned a survey on the attitudes of the Slovak Population towards […]

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]]> The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities commissioned a survey on the attitudes of the Slovak Population towards Roma.
Well, the results are not surprising: 74% of the respondents stated that they would not rent a flat to Roma; 82% think that the social system favours Roma.

Bad.

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]]> Segregated Schools https://rroma.org/de/segregated-schools-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=segregated-schools-2 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:29:06 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27129 The education of children from Roma communities in Slovakia has long been on the fringes of public interest. The Ministry […]

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]]> The education of children from Roma communities in Slovakia has long been on the fringes of public interest. The Ministry of Education recently announced a pilot project of a national school in the village of Rakúsy, which is to allow Roma children to be educated in their mother tongue. However, this step has sparked a debate about whether it will lead to a deepening of segregation.

Well, for us, this is clear. It is segregation and the results will not be good.

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]]> Slovakia: Plenipotentiary https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-plenipotentiary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-plenipotentiary Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:26:41 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27008 According to Romano Forum, the current Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities, Alexander Daško,  is failing to prevent discrimination in the policies […]

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]]> According to Romano Forum, the current Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities, Alexander Daško,  is failing to prevent discrimination in the policies of other ministries.

The fourth government of Robert Fico is marked by a frontal attack on civil society and the weakening of non-governmental organizations. This political trend is also being copied by the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government for Roma Communities under the leadership of Alexander Daško, who is the nominee of the Smer-SD party.

After the elections, the Office suspended the organization of the Congress of Young Roma, which was founded by Daško’s predecessor Ján Hero. It was a format that allowed young university students from excluded communities to collaborate on proposals for inclusive policies and the fight against poverty.

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]]> Czechia: School Segregation https://rroma.org/de/czechia-school-segregation-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-school-segregation-2 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:25:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26705 The Czech Republic has been struggling with the problem of segregation of Roma children in education for more than fifteen […]

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]]> The Czech Republic has been struggling with the problem of segregation of Roma children in education for more than fifteen years. The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of D. H. and others v. the Czech Republic from 2007 clearly identified the practice at that time as discriminatory. Instead of accepting this challenge as an opportunity for change, we resorted to writing strategies, plans and reports that remained only on paper. Despite tens of millions of crowns invested in various action plans, the reality is still the same.

Children from Roma families often find themselves in segregated schools that offer them a lower quality education. The consequences are devastating – these children remain trapped in a cycle of poverty and social exclusion, while society loses their potential. Moreover, segregation is not just a problem in primary schools. This phenomenon also continues in secondary schools, where the socio-economic background of families and place of residence play a major role.

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]]> Bulgaria, Schools, and Roma https://rroma.org/de/bulgaria-schools-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-schools-and-roma-3 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:28:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26560 Dimitrinka Georgieva, the principal of the “Lyuben Karavelov” school in the Varna Asparuhovo district in Bulgaria was awarded in the […]

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]]> Dimitrinka Georgieva, the principal of the “Lyuben Karavelov” school in the Varna Asparuhovo district in Bulgaria was awarded in the “Person of the Year” competition of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee in the Inspiration category.

There are 400 children at the “Lyuben Karavelov” school at the moment. Of these, 121 are children from Ukraine from preparatory classes to grade 11. Of the remaining less than 280 children, about 90 percent are students of Roma and Turkish origin, and the rest are Bulgarians.

Sounds like a segregated school …

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]]> Slovakia: Roma Strategy https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-roma-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-roma-strategy Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:44:38 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25896 The non-legislative document Action Plans for the Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of Roma by 2030 for the years […]

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]]> The non-legislative document Action Plans for the Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of Roma by 2030 for the years 2025-2027 was submitted to the interdepartmental commentary procedure. The strategy highlights a set of starting points and goals that aim to stop the segregation of Roma communities, a significant positive turn in the social inclusion of Roma, non-discrimination, changing attitudes and improving coexistence.

But it also pushes for de-facto segregated schools by promoting teaching in Romanes.

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