L’Associació Enseñantes con Gitanos va celebrar les seves 39es jornades a la ciutat de Barcelona amb un programa de tres dies que va generar diferents debats entorn a les realitats educatives de la població gitana. Als anys vuitanta neix l’Associació Enseñantes con Gitanos per tal de combatre les desigualtats educatives a les que ens enfrontem […]
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On Wednesday 8 November 2017, the social impact achieved by the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People in Catalonia was presented to the European Parliament in Brussels. As part of the project “IMPACT-EV. Evaluating the impact and outcomes of EU research in social sciences” – a study funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme […]
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In recent years the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People in Catalonia has made great strides in promoting the education of Romani children, youth and adults. One of this initiative’s most significant programmes is the University Access Group for those over the age of 25 (GAU), a family-based educational programme for Roma who want to […]
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On Friday the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People held a ceremony to award diplomas to Roma who had successfully completed training activities organised through the Plan over the last year. The diploma ceremony, which was held at La Caixa Foundation’s Palau Macaya in Barcelona, was attended by more than 70 people to celebrate the […]
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On Wednesday, the first archival collection dedicated to the Romani people and open to the general public was inaugurated at the Biblioteca del Nord library in Sabadell. Apart from being amongst the least understood cultures, the Romani culture also tends to be highly prejudged and under-valued. It took six centuries of coexistence between Roma and […]
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Romani – or Rromanes, as it is called by the Romani people – is an Indo-European language whose origins can be traced to the Indian subcontinent and to Sanskrit. It is also a language used by Roma from around the world to communicate. Variants of Rromanes are spoken in almost all European countries. However, the […]
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A talk on the history of the Romani people was given on Friday by the Romani philosopher and researcher Isaac Motos at the offices of the Department of Labour, Social Affairs and Family. The aim of the talk, an event held as part of the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the arrival of Roma […]
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The Romani Sociocultural Union of Hostafrancs has organised a mini-conference whose aim is to increase the visibility of Romani culture in Barcelona’s Hostafrancs district. The presence of Roma in the Hostafrancs district goes back to the 18th century and was linked to the industrialisation of Barcelona. Thanks to lots of hard work and horse traffic, […]
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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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