Blanca Vera, a PhD student in Social Psychology, was awarded under the category ” Proyecto Entre Márgenes e Intersecciones ” as the best communication of the congress presented and defended by Andalusian students. Proyecto Entre Márgenes e Intersecciones focuses on incorporating the African perspective in university studies, promoting in-depth research...
On 29, 30 November and 1 December 2023, the 1st International Conference on African and Decolonial Studies: contributions to the deconstruction of academic thought was held at the Faculty of Psychology, where members of the CESPYD team participated as the organising committee and made scientific contributions. To overcome the...
Rocío Garrido and Blanca Vera, members of CESPYD, participants in the YOU.TH Project: “Tools for Inclusive” within the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) funded by the European Union. This project aims to promote the use of digital and creative tools (mainly theatre) for promoting social justice and developing advocacy...
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,...
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: Garrido, R., Paloma, V., Benítez, I., Skovdal, M., Verelest, A. & Derluyn, I. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of migrants and refugees settled in Spain. Ethnicity & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2022.2035692. Abstract: Objectives. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health inequalities worldwide, having a disproportionately harsh impact on...
Reference: Zaptsi, A., Garrido, R., Aceros, J. C. & Agüero, A. (2021). Migrant women workers against labour exploitation in Southern Spain in times of COVID-19. In F. Staiano & G. Ciliberto (Eds.), Labour migration in the time of COVID-19: inequalities and perspectives for change. Roma: Cnr Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-8080-348-5. Abstract:...
Reference: Ana Gutiérrez-Martínez, Susana Gema Alés Álvarez, Tainara Paulon Protasio & Daniela E. Miranda. COVID-19: how one-size-fits-all policies negatively impact the Roma population. European Public Health Alliance (EPHA). Abstract: Public policies concerning health and economic recovery have ignored the specific experiences of Roma families and communities during the pandemic. Scientific...
“El texto que he escrito se debe a que un profesor de mi Erasmus, que se jubiló este año, quería tener un detalle compartiendo en su fiesta de jubilación cómo su alumnado ha acabado dedicándose a campos relacionados con los que él enseñaba. Compartir las historias de su alumnado le...
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En el informativo de 7 TV Andalucía han entrevistado a Virginia Paloma la coordinadora de CESPYD acerca del estudio Apart Together y sus resultados a nivel internacional. Os dejamos el fragmento del informativo en el que podéis ver la entrevista que le hizo Moisés Ruz a nuestra compañera Virginia Paloma. Pinchad...
En Onda Local de Andalucía, en el programa De este a oeste, han entrevistado a Virginia Paloma la coordinadora de CESPYD acerca del estudio Apart Together y sus resultados a nivel internacional. Os dejamos el fragmento del programa en el que podéis escuchar la entrevista que le hizo Paco Aguaza...
Reference: Spiritus-Beerden, E., Verelst, A., Devlieger, I., Langer-Primdahl, N., Botelho-Guedes, F., Chiarenza, A., De Maesschalck, S., Durbeej, N., Garrido, R., Gaspar de Matos, M., Ioannidi, E., Murphy, R., Oulahal, R., Osman, F., Padilla, B., Paloma, V., Shehadeh, A., Sturm, G., van den Muijsenbergh, M., Vasilikou, K., Watters, C., Willems, S.,...
Reference: Paloma, V. & Garrido, R. (2021). ApartTogether: Estudio sobre el impacto psicosocial de la COVID-19 en población migrante y refugiada en España y el mundo. Dosier RECI 3. RECI – Red de Ciudades Interculturales. Abstract: El objetivo de la contribución en este dosier es ofrecer de manera divulgativa los principales...
The group of Roma women from Polígono Sur and Torreblanca, through their grassroots organization YILÓ, @somosyilo, is denouncing the constant problems in their neighborhoods due to the constant power cuts. They expressed this situation during a heat wave last August, now, in the middle of a cold wave, the cuts...
Reference: World Health Organization. (2020). ApartTogether survey: Preliminary overview of refugees and migrants self-reported impact of COVID-19. Geneva: World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY‐NC‐SA 3.0 IGO. Abstract: ApartTogether is a collaboration between World Health Organization and a consortium of research centres led by Prof. Ilse Derluyn and Dr. An Verelst...
On World Children’s Day in the climate of COVID-19 we must highlight the urgent challenge to protect the rights of Roma girls across Europe. COVID-19 has marked a grim time in which Roma girls have experienced a significant loss in their closest networks, insufficient resources to continue their schooling at home, the...
Coordinator: Jennie Popay (University of Lancaster). Duration: Ongoing project. Abstract: Untold stories from disadvantaged groups affected by COVID-19 are being collected and publicised in an international initiative to highlight the devastating impact of the pandemic and advocate for social justice to be at the fore front of the recovery. Before...
Declaración de CESPYD sobre las condiciones inadecuadas de las viviendas de Torreblanca y Polígono Sur A través de esta declaración, desde el Centro de Investigación y Acción Comunitaria (CESPYD) de la Universidad de Sevilla, nos solidarizamos con la petición de la vecindad de la Plaza de Platanero de Torreblanca y...
Seville, 16 May 2020. Following the meeting with the Mayor of Seville, Juan Espadas, on Wednesday 6th May, Roma women, CESPYD, Studio 41013 and other collaborators developed a policy brief with a set of recommendations that have been proposed to the City Council. Roma populations of Seville suffer a constant violation of their human...
Seville, 8 May 2020. CESPYD, together with a group of Roma women, leaders of community organizations, researchers and journalists are concerned about the consequences that the crisis of the coronavirus is having on the neighbors who live in the most unjust conditions during the confinement period in Seville (Spain). In...
Coordinators: Virginia Paloma and Rocío Garrido. Duration: 2020-2021. Abstract: The current COVID-19 pandemic has a big impact on the whole world. This study aims to better understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to prevent it on migrants and refugees around Europe. Up till now there is...
La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha dejado al descubierto el alto precio económico y humano que soportan los colectivos en condiciones de mayor vulnerabilidad en Europa por la escasa inversión en servicios de prevención de la salud. El acceso desigual a los servicios sanitarios y de prevención, así como las...
Organizaciones ciudadanas, lideradas por el movimiento asociativo gitano, denuncian cómo se vive la crisis sanitaria en los asentamientos chabolistas de Sevilla Sevilla, 3 de abril de 2020. Las medidas de confinamiento, decretadas por el Gobierno para hacer frente a la crisis del coronavirus, han dejado al descubierto las extremas condiciones...
