Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'

Abstract: Scientific literature has focused on the constraints that Roma women have faced to overcome the racism and inequalities that they and the Roma people as a whole have su ered. However, less attention has been paid to how Roma women organize to challenge this reality. Drawing on a qualitativ...

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Autores: Aiello, Emilia, Amador López, Maria Jerusalén, Munté i Pascual, Ariadna, Sordè i Martí, Teresa
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palavra-chave:Gitanes
Igualtat d'oportunitats
Feminisme
Romani women
Equal opportunity
Feminism
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spelling Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'Aiello, EmiliaAmador López, Maria JerusalénMunté i Pascual, AriadnaSordè i Martí, TeresaGitanesIgualtat d'oportunitatsFeminismeRomani womenEqual opportunityFeminismAbstract: Scientific literature has focused on the constraints that Roma women have faced to overcome the racism and inequalities that they and the Roma people as a whole have su ered. However, less attention has been paid to how Roma women organize to challenge this reality. Drawing on a qualitative case study about the Roma Association of Women Drom Kotar Mestipen (Barcelona) and specifically on the analysis of one of its activities, the 'Roma women student gatherings' (known as 'Trobades' in Catalan), this article contributes evidence to show how Roma women are fighting to improve their own living conditions and those of their people by organizing at the grassroots level. The communicative analysis reveals the impacts that these gatherings have on the individual and societal levels. First, the gatherings have impacts on the individual level, as many of the women who participate in them are exposed to and embrace new educational projects, thus acquiring more skills to be better prepared to later access the labor market. Second, their impact is also evidenced on the societal level, as the gatherings enhance Roma women's associational life, resulting in new mobilizations and often making women who were once in the shadows become community leaders.MDPI2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/148009Articles publicats en revistes (Treball Social)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154054Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, num. 15, p. 1-19https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154054cc-by (c) Aiello, Emilia et al., 2019http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1480092026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
title Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
spellingShingle Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
Aiello, Emilia
Gitanes
Igualtat d'oportunitats
Feminisme
Romani women
Equal opportunity
Feminism
title_short Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
title_full Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
title_fullStr Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
title_full_unstemmed Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
title_sort Grassroots Roma Women Organizing for Social Change: A Study of the Impact of 'RomaWomen Student Gatherings'
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aiello, Emilia
Amador López, Maria Jerusalén
Munté i Pascual, Ariadna
Sordè i Martí, Teresa
author Aiello, Emilia
author_facet Aiello, Emilia
Amador López, Maria Jerusalén
Munté i Pascual, Ariadna
Sordè i Martí, Teresa
author_role author
author2 Amador López, Maria Jerusalén
Munté i Pascual, Ariadna
Sordè i Martí, Teresa
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gitanes
Igualtat d'oportunitats
Feminisme
Romani women
Equal opportunity
Feminism
topic Gitanes
Igualtat d'oportunitats
Feminisme
Romani women
Equal opportunity
Feminism
description Abstract: Scientific literature has focused on the constraints that Roma women have faced to overcome the racism and inequalities that they and the Roma people as a whole have su ered. However, less attention has been paid to how Roma women organize to challenge this reality. Drawing on a qualitative case study about the Roma Association of Women Drom Kotar Mestipen (Barcelona) and specifically on the analysis of one of its activities, the 'Roma women student gatherings' (known as 'Trobades' in Catalan), this article contributes evidence to show how Roma women are fighting to improve their own living conditions and those of their people by organizing at the grassroots level. The communicative analysis reveals the impacts that these gatherings have on the individual and societal levels. First, the gatherings have impacts on the individual level, as many of the women who participate in them are exposed to and embrace new educational projects, thus acquiring more skills to be better prepared to later access the labor market. Second, their impact is also evidenced on the societal level, as the gatherings enhance Roma women's associational life, resulting in new mobilizations and often making women who were once in the shadows become community leaders.
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