On May 6 and 8, CESPYD participated alongside Yiló and the project Los tres mil cuidados (“The Three Thousand Cares”) in the Seville Science Fair, held at FIBES as part of the Faculty of Psychology’s stand. Throughout both days, we brought into the public space a glimpse of the work...
CESPYD makes available the MadresUP Implementation Manual, a practical guide for developing community-based interventions aimed at enhancing psychosocial well-being and empowering mothers in culturally diverse contexts. The manual is based on the experience of the MadresUP programme and is tailored to different groups, including migrant, refugee and Roma mothers, allowing...
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 February 11, 2025, Prof. Manuel Garcia-Ramirez and Dr. Daniela Miranda, Principal Investigators of ANDAROMI and ROMACARE, met with the Andalusian Council of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality DG of Social Protection, Antonio Ismael Huertas Mateo, to enhance collaboration for project implementation. The meeting highlighted the role of the...
On January 23 and 24, 2025, CESPYD’s Roma research line, in collaboration with the Public University of Navarra, the Federation of Roma Associations of Navarra Gaz Kaló, the Yiló Association, and La Fragua Projects, organized a Discussion Forum in Pamplona. This event brought together activists, academics, and representatives of Roma...
On December 12th 2024, CESPYD members Valeria Terán-Tinedo and Belén Soto-Ponce participated in the panel “Digital Inclusion and Socio-Labor Integration of the Roma Population” at the VII Action-Research Conference with Roma Communities, organized by the Observatory of Social Exclusion at the University of Murcia. Valeria Terán-Tinedo focused on the crucial...
NEXTROM has launched its own website to provide the academic community and the general public with direct access to its progress, activities, and resources. The website, accessible at institucional.us.es/nextrom/, will become the main hub for sharing information on the project’s achievements and advancements, as well as reflecting NEXTROM’s commitment to...
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...
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....
This article from Diario de Sevilla summarizes the actions carried out by CESPYD in collaboration with other Roma entities such as Yiló, Gaz Kaló and La Fragua Projects in recent years: from the visit to the Congress of Deputies to the photographic exhibition held in Polígono Sur. Likewise, the use...
La Casa de los Sueños said goodbye last Thursday, 20th April, at the Factoría Cultural-ICAS in Polígono Sur with a meeting between YILÓ-CESPYD and guests such as Mar González, former commissioner of Polígono Sur and professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Seville; Yolanda Rueda, Magistrate of...
Raúl Limón, a journalist from the Science section of El País, also visited La Casa de Los Sueños to report on the work carried out in the [J]ITANA and Power2Romi projects, coordinated by CESPYD and Yiló’s career. To do so, she relied on the voices of the women and...
La Casa de Los Sueños, organised by Yiló-CESPYD, has obtained a wide repercussion at the local and national levels. RTVE covered the opening of the exhibition La Casa de los Sueños on the Radio 5 programme “En Primera Persona”, hosted by Sandra Camps. In this programme, the challenges faced...
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...
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....
The [J]ITANA project, promoted by Yiló-CESPYD in collaboration with other Roma organisations in Spain, has been recognised by the newspaper EL SALTO, which asked its readers whether the dreams of Roma girls have a place in educational centres. The article includes the reflections of some of the project’s researchers, such...
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...
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...
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
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...
CESPYD asiste al Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 para hablar del rol de las niñas gitanas en la abogacía y la participación política el día 12 de octubre a las 14.30 horas (CET). Para más información, os dejamos el enlace de la sesión: https://epha.org/investing-in-roma-youth-for-advancing-fairer-and-healthier-european-societies/ Welcome to the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021...
More information: https://www.canalsur.es/noticias/la-poblacion-gitana-en-precario-por-el-estado-de-alarma/1578827.html
Reference: Miranda, D. E., Zhelyazkova, L. & Sladkova, J. (2021). A Photovoice Project for Ethnic Health Justice: Reflections from Roma Communities in Seville, Spain. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 12(2), 1-17. Abstract: Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority and despite their national citizen status, 80% live in extreme poverty...
Reference: Iglesias-Pascual, R., Paloma, V., & Benítez, I. (2021). The role of contextual factors in the electoral resurgence of extreme right-wing parties in Spain: The case of Andalusia. Political Geography, 86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102356 Abstract: Up until the end of 2018, extreme right-wing parties and their anti-immigration discourse, now a common...
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...
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...
Reference: Miranda DE, et al. Capacitación de población gitana en abogacía para la salud: un estudio de caso en Torreblanca, Sevilla. Gac Sanit. 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.09.002 Abstract: The objective of this study is to build advocacy capacity among a group of gipsy Roma neighbours living in contexts of risk of...
Coordinators: Manuel García-Ramírez and Virginia Paloma. Duration: Ongoing project. Abstract: Spanish society faces the challenge of carrying out initiatives that consider Roma families and their teenage daughters, based on a human rights and gender perspective approach in the fight against anti-Gypsyism. The conditions in which Roma women and adolescents live are framed...
Reference: Garcia-Ramirez, M., Soto-Ponce, B., Albar-Marín, M.J., Parra-Casado, D.L., Popova, D., & Tomsa, R. (2020). RoMoMatteR: Empowering Roma Girls’ Mattering through Reproductive Justice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,17(22), 8498. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228498 Abstract: Aim: To present a protocol study directed at tackling gender discrimination against Roma girls by...
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...
Coordinator: Manuel García-Ramírez. Duration: 2019-2021. Abstract: RoMoMatteR is a transnational project that tackles gender discrimination by empowering Roma girls. The project supports Roma girls in making informed decisions about their lives and reaching their full potential. RoMoMatteR involves Roma communities, civil society groups, local institutions and scientific communities from Bulgaria...
Reference: Miranda, D., García-Ramírez, & M., Albar-Marín, M. J. (2020). Building Meaningful Community Advocacy for Ethnic‐based Health Equity: The RoAd4Health Experience. American Journal of Community Psychology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12443 Abstract: The pervasive failure of policies aimed at overcoming health inequities suffered by European Roma reflects the oppressive and impoverished living conditions of many...
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...
Reference: Miranda, D. E., Garcia-Ramirez, M., Balcazar, F. E., & Suarez-Balcazar, Y. (2019). A Community-Based Participatory Action Research for Roma Health Justice in a Deprived District in Spain. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(19), 3722. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193722 Abstract: Addressing health disparities and promoting health equity for Roma...
Reference: Albar-Marín, M. J., & Miranda, D. (2019). Abogacía por la salud de la población gitana: capacitación de profesionales del Distrito Sanitario Sevilla. Gaceta sanitaria, Vol. 34 (4), 411-414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2019.07.010 Abstract: This article describes a workshop whose objective was to build Roma health advocacy capacity among a group of health...
En nombre de quienes componemos el equipo de CESPYD, queremos felicitar a la Red Equi-Sastipen-Rroma por el Premio Nelson Mandela de Promoción de la Salud 2020. El Premio Nelson Mandela de Promoción de la Salud se otorga a personas, instituciones, a organizaciones gubernamentales o no gubernamentales, que hayan hecho una contribución...
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...
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...
Reference: Escobar-Ballesta, M., García-Ramírez, M., & De Freitas, C. (2018). 4.1-05 Roma health governance in Spain: an assessment of policy implementation. European Journal of Public Health, 28, supplement 1, p. 60. [ISI, Q1]. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky047.121 Abstract: Background: In an effort to close the health gap between Roma and non-Roma populations,...
On May 17, 18 and 19 took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, the 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health. CESPYD was present at the event with two contributions: the poster “A multi-level advocacy framework for Roma health: a scoping review” by Daniela Miranda, Irene Oreja, Claudia de Freitas...
Reference: Escobar-Ballesta, M., García-Ramírez, M., Albar-Marín, M. J., & Paloma, V. (en prensa). Salud sexual y reproductiva en mujeres gitanas: el programa de planificación familiar del Polígono Sur. Gaceta Sanitaria. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.12.006 Abstract: Objective: To describe the challenges, resources and strategies of the staff of the family planning programme of the Polígono Sur...
Referencia: Escobar-Ballesta, M., García-Ramírez, M., & De Freitas, C. (in press). Taking stock of Roma health policies in Spain: Lessons for health governance. Health Policy. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.02.009 Resumen: Roma health inequities are a wicked problem. Despite concerted efforts to reduce them under the Decade of Roma Inclusion initiative, the health gap between...
Referencia: Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Mirza, M. P., & García-Ramírez, M. (2017). Health disparities: Understanding and promoting healthy communities. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 46, 1-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2018.1386761 Resumen: This themed issue focuses on understanding and addressing several public health issues affecting communities today nationally and internationally. Health disparities, and global health in...
