Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

Local, non-government organization Praxis conducted the survey on access to socio-economic rights of Roma women in Serbia in cooperation with the Civil Rights Defenders and with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.

The survey has been completed as part of the project entitled “Legal Aid and Advocacy – Access to Rights and Combating Discrimination against the Roma”. The purpose of the survey was to provide information on how much access Roma women and men have to their rights to healthcare, education, employment, social assistance and information on housing conditions. The survey also dealt with the gender perspective, which meant examining the situation of women compared to men in the same community. It was conducted in ten municipalities in southern Serbia: Aleksinac, Prokuplje, Bojnik, Bor, Kuršumlija, Lebane, Leskovac, Bela Palanka, Kruševac and Knjaževac in the period from February to August 2015, during which total of 100 Roma women and 100 Roma men had been interviewed.

Results of the survey indicate a very unfavourable position of the Roma national minority, especially of Roma women. This shows an immediate need for improvement of the general socio-economic status of the Roma national minority, as well as women’s position within those communities, in order to achieve the complete respect for human rights and overcome traditional patriarchal roles and stereotypes.

The full text of the research can be found at this link.