Over the past weeks we shared daily Snapshots from our series #Roma and the European Pillar of #SocialRights to raise awareness of Roma concerns in the run-up to the Second #SocialPillar Action Plan. Missed one? Want to read them all? Click ergonetwork.org/2025/07/roma...
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Check out the final Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! The Roma face major barriers to essential services due to poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of documents, #antigypsyism, and increased privatisation of public services. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Many Roma live in homelessness, or in substandard housing in segregated settlements, while #antigypsyism, poverty, and forced evictions prevent access to decent living. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Poverty, #antigypsyism, and exclusion from services lead to systemic health inequalities, impacting Roma life expectancy, disabilities, and reproductive and mental health. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Older #Roma face stark health and income inequalities, on the backdrop of minimal pension entitlements, limited access to healthcare, and intersectional discrimination. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Access to adequate income support is a key prerequisite for combatting Roma poverty (80%+), but take-up is impeded by stigma, complex requirements, and low benefit levels. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! 1 in 3 Roma children faces poverty and #antigypsyism, undermining their development from the earliest years, and impeding their access to education, healthcare, housing. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Too many Roma in precarious jobs, but too few in trade unions, which means that their specific concerns (ethnic pay gap, #antigypsyism) are overlooked in social dialogue. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! No poor jobs for poor people! Roma workers deserve quality and sustainble employment, good pay and working conditions, access to training, and non-discrimination at work. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Active labour market policies must provide the right kind of support towards quality and sustainable jobs to Roma workers, who face complex barriers in accessing work. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Ending #antigypsyism is a European imperative, requiring urgent political will, legal reform, and full recognition of Roma history, culture, identity, and rights. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Today, we shine a light on Roma women across Europe, who face systemic, intersectional discrimination. From care work to paid work to rights and justice, we stand with them! #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

In the run-up to the Second Action Plan of the #SocialPillar, we are launching today our series of Snapshots on #Roma inclusion and its 20 principles! Check out the first one: how to ensure equal opportunities to quality and inclusive #education and #training for the Roma? #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR