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ROMA WOMEN – DISCRIMINATION AGAINST, & LIVING
CONDITIONS OF, ROMA WOMEN IN 11 EU MEMBER STATES - REPORT
Direct Link to Full 56-Page 2014 Report:
http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra-2014-roma-survey-gender_en.pdf
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FRA 2014
October
2014 - Equality is one of the five values on which the European Union
(EU) is founded; yet women here face inequalities in many respects. Extreme
poverty, exclusion and discrimination burden Roma women even further. The
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) researched the situation of
Roma women in 11 EU Member States.
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It found that while the
ethnic gap between Roma and non-Roma yawns wide in key areas of life –
education, employment, health and experiences of discrimination – the situation
for Roma women is worse. In educational attainment, for example, 23 % of the
Roma women surveyed say they cannot read or write and 19 % never went to
school.
The EU’s growth strategy
for the coming decade – Europe 2020 – aims to create a smart, sustainable and
inclusive economy. The Roma have been identified as a group at particular risk,
one which needs to be targeted if inclusive growth and social cohesion are to
be achieved. To reach these ambitious goals, it is imperative to empower,
enhance the social inclusion and expand the opportunities of Roma women.
Improving Roma women’s
educational attainment, enhancing their access and employment prospects,
ensuring access to health facilities and tackling discrimination are a key test
of the EU’s ability to create a more inclusive environment for all extremely
marginalised groups. To support these efforts, FRA will continue its work
testing novel community-level approaches and generating evidence of the changes
taking place on the ground.