The Fundació Secretariado Gitano foundation and the Aire Nuevo Caló Romani youth association have jointly launched an online awareness campaign to encourage young people to reflect on the discrimination suffered by the Romani community. Throughout history we have seen racist attitudes propagated through print, radio and television media outlets. Today this reality is multiplied by […]
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A panel discussion entitled “Romani Women and the Association Movement” organised by the Federation of Roma Associations of Catalonia and the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People was held on Wednesday as part of the commemoration of the 600th anniversary since the arrival of Roma to Catalonia. In spite of successful efforts by the feminist […]
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The sixth University Access Group for people over the age of 25 was launched in Barcelona on Monday. This educational initiative organised by the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People in Catalonia is targeted at the Romani population. The University Access Group (GAU) is an initiative launched in 2012 by the Comprehensive Plan for the […]
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The Kali Zor Association welcomed young university-educated Roma from a number of European countries for a week-long exchange whose aim was to motivate and support students in Badalona’s Sant Roc district. One of the main factors that probably discourages and hinders Roma who opt for studies beyond compulsory education is a lack of positive and […]
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Manuel Giménez Valentí, popularly known as Oncle Manel (Uncle Manel), one of the great defenders of the rights of Roma in Catalonia and a pioneer of the Romani association movement, died Thursday at the age of 82. Manuel Giménez was born in the Gràcia district, where he lived until six years ago, when he moved […]
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The presentation of CampusRom, a network of Romani students created to promote and support the efforts of Roma to get a university education, was held on Tuesday 19 July. Over the past five years the University Access Group, an initiative of the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People in Catalonia, has encouraged many Roma to […]
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The Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People has launched an intensive summer course to reinforce the academic skills of Roma who are preparing to sit the university entrance exam for students over the age of 25. In recent years, the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People is giving special attention to the promotion of education. […]
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On Friday 1 July, the La Mina Romani Cultural Centre organised a talk about Camarón de la Isla at the Font de la Mina library featuring music producer Ricardo Pachón. Throughout history, flamenco has probably been the vehicle of self-expression through which Spanish Roma have shared the most aspects of their culture with the rest […]
read more »The Catalan Government has recently approved the Romani People and Social Innovation Programme, whose objectives are to draft the new Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People, as well as to generate a new administrative structure which in the medium term will manage policies aimed at promoting the inclusion and advancement of Roma. Over the last […]
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The Federation of Roma Associations of Catalonia organised an event between young Roma and members of the Parliament of Catalonia as a starting point for a project to promote the political participation of young Roma. Young Roma account for about 50% of the Romani population in Europe. In spite of this fact, their opinions and […]
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