… Acting now for an equal future More than 150 Roma women from across Europe are meeting in Helsinki from … communities. Among the main aims of the 4th International Roma Women's Conference are drawing up a strategy, … in policy implementation, and improving networking between Roma women and other groups working for gender equality. …
… are other crucial factors for SRH outcomes. In Romania, Roma women have access to and know about contraceptives, for … costs or corrupt health staff demanding bribes from Roma women (Kühlbrandt, 2019). Overall, the UN estimates that … consequently, their right to healthcare (PICUM, 2016). Roma women also have less favourable access to maternal care …
… calculation, EU-LFS. One in five respondents to a FRA Roma pilot survey in 11 EU Member States reported that they … high rates. In all 11 participating EU countries, more Roma women than men said that they could not read or write, …
… populations such as undocumented migrants and the Roma. These groups are more likely to participate in informal … income levels. A study of six Member States found that Roma and Travellers reported struggling to make ends meet. In Sweden and the Netherlands, Roma are about 13 times more likely than the general …
… Survey in nine Member States found that only 16 % of Roma women and 22 % of Roma men had completed upper secondary, post-secondary, … upper secondary education remain very low (21 % of young Roma women and 24 % of young Roma men) (FRA, 2019b). The …
… populations. In addition, four out of five members of Roma communities have incomes below the poverty threshold in … Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain) found that 72 % of Roma women aged 16–24 are neither working nor in education or training, compared with 55 % of young Roma men. Poverty is considered a major factor underpinning …