On February 24, CESPYD took part in a particularly inspiring meeting at Espacio AMBAR, an initiative of Fundación SAMU, where we shared a close and enriching space for dialogue around work with migrant women in Andalusia. During the conversation, we were able to explore in greater depth the research project...
The MadresUP project promotes spaces for accompaniment and mutual support among culturally minoritized mothers in Spain, with the aim of strengthening their psychosocial well-being. We are pleased to share a series of videos presenting some of the experiences developed with three groups of participating mothers: African, Latin American, and Roma....
On Friday, February 27, we held the Research Seminar “Cultural Adaptation of the mHealth e-Perinatal Intervention: Collaboration between the MadresUP and e-Perinatal Projects” at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Seville, with the participation of members from both research teams. This seminar is part of the study “Intercultural...
As part of the II Seminar on Mental Health, Human Rights and Minoritized Groups, we present the report “Bodies, Borders and Gender-Based Violence: Voices of Migrant Women Arriving in Andalusia by Sea”, a study conducted by Federación Andalucía Acoge and the Center for Research and Community Action of the University...
Between 24 and 28 November of last year, Blanca Vera Moreno and Rocío Garrido participated as lecturers in the course Critical Whiteness: Reflecting on Power and Taking Action in the University Context, a blended learning event organised within the framework of the ULYSSEUS programme and held at the University of...
The Non-Binary Democracy – Interdisciplinary Reflections conference was held on 11 December at the Faculty of Law, conceived as a space for critical dialogue from different disciplines on democracy, citizenship, and non-normative identities. As part of the programme, Blanca Vera Moreno took part in the second panel session with the...
On Friday, December 12, 2025, the II Seminar on Mental Health, Human Rights and Minoritized Groups was successfully held at the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Seville. The event was organized by the Center for Research and Community Action of the University of Seville,...
Virginia Paloma participated as a speaker in the final seminar of the “Joint Stories: Journeys from Fear to Fair (JeS)” project, co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme and led in Spain by INCOMA. The event was held in a hybrid format on 2 December 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. This...
Between October 22 and 24, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Dr. Daniela Marzana from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, as part of the PhD Program in Psychology at the University of Seville. During her visit, she delivered the hybrid lecture “Participatory Methods as Tools for...
The 1st Co-creation and Knowledge Transfer Workshop, “Towards a Feminist and Anti-racist University: Co-creating Spaces of Care, Community, and Equity”, will take place on Thursday, November 6, in the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville. This workshop is conceived as a space for dialogue, reflection, and...
From July 23rd to 25th, the city of Lisbon hosted the European Community Psychology Association (ECPA) Conference 2025, under the theme “Building Community Strength in Uncertain Times.” This international gathering brought together researchers, professionals, and activists to reflect on the crucial role of Community Psychology in a global context marked...
From July 1st to 4th, 2025, the 14th Conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) was held at the University of Galway (Ireland). This event is a key international space for academic exchange from critical and transformative perspectives in health psychology. Within this context, Andrés Ruiz-Sánchez, PhD...
On June 18th, 19th, and 20th, the Summer Course “Evaluation and Impact Measurement in Social Mentoring Projects” took place in Pamplona. The course was organized by the Social Mentoring Coordinator, the Public University of Navarre (UPNA), and the UNESCO Chair on Citizenship, Coexistence and Pluralism, with support from the Department...
Responsible: Virginia Paloma Abstract: The presence of migrants is generating new uncertainties among citizens, who sometimes react with feelings of insecurity, fear, and rejection. This project aims to increase the level of compassion toward migrant realities shown by the university community of the University of Seville (US). Compassion involves both...
On April 4th, our colleague Daniela Miranda, researcher at CESPYD (Center for Community Research and Action), participated as a speaker at the XIV Professional Convention of the Official College of Psychology of Western Andalusia, a landmark event in the field of professional psychology. Under the theme “The Interrelationship Between Psychology...
CESPYD is pleased to announce the launch of the MadresUP website, a space dedicated to sharing the progress, results, and activities of this important research project. What is MadresUP? This is a research and community action project focused on increasing the psychosocial well-being of Latina, African and Roma women through...
On March 7, in the town of Gines, the IV edition of the Commemoration of International Women’s Day, organized by the Association of Socio-Intercultural Women of Andalusia (ASIA) in collaboration with Claver ECCA Social Foundation, took place. During this event, Virginia Paloma, CESPYD Researcher and Coordinator, was awarded together with...
In the context of the European project Joint eStories: Journeys from Fear to Fair (JeS), funded by the Erasmus+ Call of the European Union, Virginia Paloma has been invited by INCOMA to participate in a training in the multisensory method from November 25 to 29, 2024 at Laurea University of...
Reference: Garrido, R., Cubero, A., & Dimuro, G. (2024). Equity in education for migrant and racialized students in Southern Spain: From multilevel analysis to participatory recommendations. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2024.2408504 Abstract: This paper aims to analyze equity in education policies and practices in Southern Spain...
YILÓ received significant recognition for its work supporting Roma girls in the Torreblanca and Polígono Sur neighborhoods. Antonio Huerta from the Junta de Andalucía’s Ministry of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families, and Equality, and Jose Luis Garcia Martin from the Ayuntamiento of Sevilla, honored the association’s contributions to empowering Roma girls...
The intervention program “Promotion of Post-traumatic Growth in Migrant and Refugee Population”, developed by CESPYD in collaboration with CEAR and the Cepaim Foundation, has been recognized as a good practice by the European Website on Integration (EWSI). The program has demonstrated its effectiveness in increasing mental health indicators among the...
Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: 2023-2026. Abstract: Latina, African migrant and Roma mothers in situations of social vulnerability have been relevant agents in our societies. However, they have often been relegated to the margins and trapped in a cycle of vulnerability during their experience of motherhood. Although the life stories of...
El Español interviews the researcher Eleonora Viezzer, Full Professor of the Department of Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics at the University of Seville, and winner of the Princess of Girona Foundation award in the Scientific Research category in 2022, for her contribution to the global energy problem using nuclear fusion....
Virginia Paloma has been interviewed by community psychologist Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu for the “Portraits in Community Psychology across Europe” section of the European Community Psychology Association (ECPA) website. This section aims to get to know the personal history behind community psychologists, something that is not usually shown publicly. It is...
CESPYD welcomes Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar and Fabricio Balcazar from the University of Illinois Chicago, Community Psychologists with international recognition for the contributions in advocating and empowerment for the rights, health and well-being of Latinx immigrant families in Chicago and youth with disabilities of color. Both professors have a long history of...
Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: 2023. Abstract: This project aims to find out how motherhood develops in contexts of adversity, as well as to promote the exercise of resilient motherhood among African migrant women settled in Seville. To this end, a participatory needs assessment will be carried out with 30 African...
Reference: Paloma, V., Martínez-Damia, S., de la Morena, I., López-Torres, C., & Berbel, I. (2023). A Community-based intervention to enhance posttraumatic growth among refugees in receiving societies. In R. Berger (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook on Posttraumatic Growth (pp. 542-555). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032208688 Abstract: This chapter discusses a community-based intervention aimed...
The article “Community participation and subjective wellbeing among the immigrant population in northern Italy: An analysis of mediators”, published in the American Journal of Community Psychology by Martínez-Damia, S., Paloma, V., Luesia, J.F., Marta , E. , and Marzana, D. (https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12652), has been adapted to an informative format and published...
Reference: Martínez-Damia, S., Paloma, V., Luesia, J.F., Marta, E., & Marzana, D. (2023). Uncovering the relationship between community participation and socio-political control among the migrant population. Journal of Community Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23085 Abstract: Prior research on psychological empowerment has found that community participation is associated with socio-political control, which takes place...
Reference: Martínez-Damia, S., Marzana, D.; Paloma, V., & Marta, E. (2023). The mediating role of migrant community-based organizations: Challenges and coping strategies. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-023-00572-0 Abstract: Migrant community-based organizations (MCBOs) are key mediating structures between immigrants and host societies. However, when implementing this role...
Reference: Aceros, J.C., Duque, T. & Paloma, V. (2023). El activismo en las migrantes trabajadoras del hogar: Estudio cualitativo en el sur de España. Estudios Fronterizos, 24, e116. https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2305116 Abstract: Domestic work is an oppressive occupational niche for migrant women. The strategies domestic workers employ to resist this situation have...
La Casa de los Sueños is a sample of the heart of the women of Polígono Sur, in which they invite everyone, especially Roma girls, to dream, wish, and imagine their future goals. It is located in Factoría Cultural, in a space converted into a Roma house, whose routes are...
The article “The Roles of Settings in Supporting Immigrants’ Resistance to Injustice and Oppression: A policy Statement by the Society for Community Research and Action, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association”, published in the American Journal of Community Psychology, has been recognised by Wiley as one of the most...
On 16 March, the final conference of the European ATHENA project “Entrepreneurship as a Path to Socio-Economic Inclusion of Migrant Women” took place at the European Economic and Social Committee. The objective of the event was to present and discuss with the key stakeholders and European politicians the results of...
Reference: Martinez-Damia, S., Paloma, V., Luesia, J. F., Marta, E., & Marzana, D. (2023). Community participation and subjective wellbeing among the immigrant population in Northern Italy: An analysis of mediators. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12652 Abstract: Community participation can be a potential strategy to increase the degree of the subjective wellbeing of immigrants within receiving societies....
Coordinators: Daniela-Eugenia Miranda and Manuel García-Ramírez. Duration: Ongoing project. Abstract: The post-pandemic Spain must ensure that the next generations of Romani women definitively overcome the inequalities they have suffered for centuries and harness new emerging opportunities. It is widely recognized that Romani women and girls are in risk of facing even a...
Coordinators: Manuel García-Ramírez and Virginia Paloma. Duration: Ongoing project. Abstract: Post-COVID Europe must ensure that the next generations of Roma people overcome the inequalities they have suffered for centuries. The pandemic has catalysed these inequalities and risks further exacerbating their difficulties in accessing decent housing, access to employment and fair working conditions,...
On 19 December, the last session of the facilitators’ training course was held at the El Esqueleto civic centre in Seville. The process came to an end with a snack and a very enriching conversation among the participants. The participants will remain in contact with the project for various events....
Reference: Ríos-Vicente, L., Paloma, V., & Velo-Ramírez, S. (2022). Discriminación Percibida, Identidad y Satisfacción con la Vida: Una Comparación entre las Personas Senegalesas residentes en Senegal y en el sur de España [Perceived Discrimination, Identity and Life Satisfaction: A Comparison between Senegalese Residents in Senegal and Southern Spain]. En M. Adamuz-Santos...
Our colleague Virginia Paloma participated on 10 November 2022 as a speaker at the round table “Building Alliances between Universities and NGDOs” at the “I International Congress: Andalusian University Development Cooperation Committed to the SDGs”. This congress was organised by the University of Malaga in consortium with the rest of...
Daniela E. Miranda and Belén Soto Ponce presented the Photovoice methodology implemented in the [J]itana and Power2Romi project carried out collaboratively with the Yilo association and the Roma girls from Polígono Sur and Torreblanca in the city of Seville. The presentation focused on the progress of the methodology as an...
Coordinators: Manuel García-Ramírez and Virginia Paloma. Duration: Ongoing project. Abstract: Early marriage and motherhood among Roma women (REMM) in Andalusia impoverish their lives, puts them at risk for physical and mental health, makes them vulnerable to domestic violence, precipitates school dropouts and condemns them to precarious jobs. Although it is usually attributed to...
Reference: Duque, T., Aceros, J.C., & Paloma, V. (2022). El activismo de las trabajadoras del hogar latinoamericanas. Sevilla: Asociación de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores del Hogar de Sevilla, Universidad Industrial de Santander & Universidad de Sevilla. Presentation: En primavera del año 2020 realizamos un trabajo de investigación en el que entrevistamos...
Reference: Marchi, M., Magarini, F.M., Chiarenza, A., Galeazzi, G.M., Paloma, V., Garrido, R., et al. (2022). Experience of discrimination during COVID-19 pandemic: the impact of public health measures and psychological distress among refugees and other migrants in Europe. BMC Public Health 22, 942. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13370-y. Abstract: Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
We share the following information from the online discussion in which, in conjunction with EPHA, CESPYD participates within the 2022 Romani Week: Dear Roma Health Network members, With the 2022 Romani Week around the corner, we would like to officially invite you to take part in our event ‘Capacity Building...
Reference: Duque, T., Aceros, J.C., & Paloma, V. (2022). Sociopolitical development of female migrant domestic workers in southern Spain: A qualitative study of a pathway against injustice. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2613. Abstract: Domestic work is a sector characterized by various forms of injustice, prompting some women...
Reference: Iglesias-Pascual, R., Benassi, F., & Paloma, V. (2022). A spatial approach to the study of the electoral resurgence of the extreme right in southern Spain. Spatial Demography. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40980-022-00105-1. Abstract: This study analyzes at a local level (i.e. census tract) the spatial patterns and main contextual factors related to the...
Reference: Suarez‐Balcazar, Y., Balcazar, F., Miranda, D. E., Velazquez, T., Arcidiacono, C., & Garcia‐Ramirez, M. (2022). Promoting justice through community‐based research: International case studies. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12584. Abstract: Community‐based participatory research (CBPR) approaches to promoting justice focus on working from the ground up and giving a...
El Diario de Sevilla se hace eco de la creación de yiló, una asociación que vela por los intereses de la ciudadanía de Polígono Sur y Torreblanca y que cuenta desde el principio con el apoyo de CESPYD. Podéis leer la noticia completa en el siguiente enlace: https://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/corazon-Mil-rostro-mujer_0_1656734953.html
Como parte de los resultados de un trabajo reciente sobre el activismo de las trabajadoras del hogar migrantes en Sevilla, se están realizando unas sesiones de webinar tituladas El bienestar de las mujeres migrantes en contextos opresivos. La actividad estará a cargo de Juan Carlos Aceros, profesor de la Escuela...
