Since EU’s expansion to incorporate former Communist countries, attempts to solve the so-called “... more Since EU’s expansion to incorporate former Communist countries, attempts to solve the so-called “Roma issue” spurred an unprecedented array of policies, interventions and measures at national and transnational level. Instead of the expected positive changes, discrimination and poverty worsened. The current migration waves, economic crisis, and the surge of far-right nationalism, contributed to an escalation of anti-Roma sentiments, together with reinforced racism and overall rejection of difference and otherness. In this bleak picture, Roma women and girls experience life at the intersection of their gender and their belonging to a marginalised ethnic group, and sometimes of their young age as well. Multiple discriminations heavily inform their lack of participation in decision-making on matters relevant to them. Moreover, based on a lack of research and sex-disaggregated data, piecemeal policies and projects remain highly inadequate and irrelevant. The need for a more integrated, c...
Since EU’s expansion to incorporate former Communist countries, attempts to solve the so-called “... more Since EU’s expansion to incorporate former Communist countries, attempts to solve the so-called “Roma issue” spurred an unprecedented array of policies, interventions and measures at national and transnational level. Instead of the expected positive changes, discrimination and poverty worsened. The current migration waves, economic crisis, and the surge of far-right nationalism, contributed to an escalation of anti-Roma sentiments, together with reinforced racism and overall rejection of difference and otherness. In this bleak picture, Roma women and girls experience life at the intersection of their gender and their belonging to a marginalised ethnic group, and sometimes of their young age as well. Multiple discriminations heavily inform their lack of participation in decision-making on matters relevant to them. Moreover, based on a lack of research and sex-disaggregated data, piecemeal policies and projects remain highly inadequate and irrelevant. The need for a more integrated, c...
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