Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change
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 suffered. However, less attention has been paid to how Roma women organize to challenge this reality. Drawing on a qualitative case st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Publication date: | 2019 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:216556 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/216556 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/su11154054 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Roma women Inequalities Grassroots organizing Social inclusion Roma feminism |
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| author | Aiello-Cabrera, Emilia|||0000-0002-0005-6501 |
| author2 | Amador López, Jelen|||0000-0001-9276-3803 Munté Pascual, Ariadna|||0000-0002-2226-634X Sordè i Martí, Teresa|||0000-0003-0336-3061 |
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| author_browse | Aiello-Cabrera, Emilia|||0000-0002-0005-6501 Amador López, Jelen|||0000-0001-9276-3803 Munté Pascual, Ariadna|||0000-0002-2226-634X Sordè i Martí, Teresa|||0000-0003-0336-3061 |
| author_facet | Aiello-Cabrera, Emilia|||0000-0002-0005-6501 Amador López, Jelen|||0000-0001-9276-3803 Munté Pascual, Ariadna|||0000-0002-2226-634X Sordè i Martí, Teresa|||0000-0003-0336-3061 |
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| description | 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 suffered. 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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| spelling | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change a study of the impact of 'Roma women student gatherings' Aiello-Cabrera, Emilia|||0000-0002-0005-6501 Amador López, Jelen|||0000-0001-9276-3803 Munté Pascual, Ariadna|||0000-0002-2226-634X Sordè i Martí, Teresa|||0000-0003-0336-3061 Roma women Inequalities Grassroots organizing Social inclusion Roma feminism 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 suffered. 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. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/216556 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/su11154054 |
| spellingShingle | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change Aiello-Cabrera, Emilia|||0000-0002-0005-6501 Roma women Inequalities Grassroots organizing Social inclusion Roma feminism |
| title | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change |
| title_full | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change |
| title_fullStr | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change |
| title_short | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change |
| title_sort | Grassroots Roma women organizing for social change |
| topic | Roma women Inequalities Grassroots organizing Social inclusion Roma feminism |
| topic_facet | Roma women Inequalities Grassroots organizing Social inclusion Roma feminism |
| url | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/216556 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/su11154054 |