Thematic European Pillar of Social Rights Snapshots social media campaign

Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of Social Rights –

Thematic Snapshots social media campaign

In 2017, the European Union broke new ground by adopting the European Pillar of Social Rights (Social Pillar), the first set of social rights proclaimed by the EU institutions since the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the year 2000.

This comprehensive initiative of 20 social policy principles, complemented by a Social Scoreboard of 14 indicators, aims at supporting well-functioning and fair labour markets and welfare systems, with a focus on better integrating and delivering on social concerns.

The European Commission has pledged to make the Social Pillar “the compass of Europe’s recovery and our best tool to ensuring no one is left behind”, so that Europe’s future is socially fair and just.

Following up on this commitment, on 4 March 2021, the European Commission proposed the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, aiming to turn its 20 policy principles into concrete policy actions.

To support this process, ERGO Network has prepared a comprehensive analysis of the 20 principles of the Social Pillar, to ensure that their implementation specifically includes Roma concerns, and that meaningful interplay is sought with the EU Strategic Framework for Roma Equality, Inclusion, and Participation.

This thematic analysis was released weekly as separate “Snapshots” on our social media channels (FacebookTwitterLinkedIn, and Instagram), as part of a campaign that ran from 9 November 2021 to 15 February 2022. Each Snapshot includes relevant European statistics, a brief problem statement, as well as concrete policy recommendations:

We hope that the implementation of the Action Plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights will be used as a true opportunity to ensure that Europe’s Roma are not left behind, particularly in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery.

Further reading:

For more information about ERGO Network’s work on the European Pillar of Social Rights, please contact Senior Policy Adviser Amana Ferro.

ERGO Network Snapshot of Access to Essential Services

Snapshot on the Situation of Roma in Europe: Access to Essential Services  

Our Snapshots on the Situation of Roma in Europe are a series of reader-friendly, visually attractive handouts, linking each of the 20 policy principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights to Roma rights and inclusion. Each Snapshot includes key statistics, a brief problem statement, and extensive policy recommendations.  

Roma communities across Europe continue to face multiple, complex obstacles in their efforts to access essential services, ranging from clean water and heating, to transport and digital inclusion. These obstacles revolve around extreme poverty, inadequate service infrastructure, administrative exclusion and undocumented status, antigypsyism, and – not least – the ongoing and increased privatisation of public services. 

  • Read the Snapshot here! 

 For more information about our work on Access to Essential Services, please contact Amana Ferro (a.ferro@ergonetwork.org), Senior Policy Adviser with the ERGO Network staff team. 

 

ERGO Network Snapshot of Housing and assistance for the homeless

Snapshot on the Situation of Roma in Europe: Housing and Assistance for the Homeless  

Our Snapshots on the Situation of Roma in Europe are a series of reader-friendly, visually attractive handouts, linking each of the 20 policy principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights to Roma rights and inclusion. Each Snapshot includes key statistics, a brief problem statement, and extensive policy recommendations.  

Many Roma across Europe live in de facto homelessness, or in insecure or substandard housing, in segregated informal settlements that lack access to services and pose environmental hazards. Widespread antigypsyism from all housing actors (landlords, sellers, banks, neighbours etc), ever-rising housing and utility costs, insufficient access to social housing, and forced evictions prevent them from accessing an adequate standard of living.  

  • Read the Snapshot here! 

For more information about our work on Housing and Assistance for the Homeless, please contact Amana Ferro (a.ferro@ergonetwork.org), Senior Policy Adviser with the ERGO Network staff team. 

 

ERGO Network Snapshot of Health care, Inclusion of people with disabilities, Long-term care

Snapshot on the Situation of Roma in Europe: Healthcare, Inclusion of People with Disabilities, Long-Term Care  

Our Snapshots on the Situation of Roma in Europe are a series of reader-friendly, visually attractive handouts, linking each of the 20 policy principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights to Roma rights and inclusion. Each Snapshot includes key statistics, a brief problem statement, and extensive policy recommendations.  

Systemic health inequalities and entrenched unmet care needs are a daily reality for most of Europe’s Roma, entrenching disparities that range from life expectancy to prevalence of disabilities, across the medical spectrum, from mental health to sexual and reproductive health and rights. These are driven by social determinants such as poverty, antigypsyism, exclusion from services and insurance, and under-utilisation of Roma health mediators. 

  • Read the Snapshot here! 

For more information about our work on Healthcare, Inclusion of People with Disabilities, Long-Term Care, please contact Amana Ferro (a.ferro@ergonetwork.org), Senior Policy Adviser with the ERGO Network staff team. 

ERGO Network Snapshot of Old Age Income and Pensions

Snapshot on the Situation of Roma in Europe: Old-Age Income and Pensions  

Our Snapshots on the Situation of Roma in Europe are a series of reader-friendly, visually attractive handouts, linking each of the 20 policy principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights to Roma rights and inclusion. Each Snapshot includes key statistics, a brief problem statement, and extensive policy recommendations.  

Most older Roma face stark health and income inequalities, due to a lifelong experience of poverty, poor housing, inadequate nutrition, and precarious work. At the same time, they are left with minimal pension entitlements, limited access to quality, inclusive, and proximity healthcare and long-term care services, and compounded discrimination based on both ethnicity and age, which, additionally, particularly impacts older Roma women. 

  • Read the Snapshot here! 

For more information about our work on older Roma, please contact Amana Ferro (a.ferro@ergonetwork.org), Senior Policy Adviser with the ERGO Network staff team. 

 

 

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Snapshot – ERGO Network

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