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...
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...
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Coordinators: Manuel García-Ramírez and Virginia Paloma
Duration: Ongoing project
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
Funded by: European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020)
Coordinator: Manuel García-Ramírez
Duration: Ongoing project
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...
Reference: Escobar-Ballesta, M., García-Ramírez, M., Miranda, D. E., & Petrova-Benedict, R. (2017). Shedding light on governance for Roma health inequities. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 46, 84-99. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2018.1386340 Abstract: The health inequities suffered by the Roma population in Europe represent an alarming and unacceptable source of injustice. As...
Funded by: Open Society Foundations
Coordinator: Manuel García-Ramírez
Duration: 2016 – 2018
This conferences weas organized by FAKALI (Federation of Gypsy Women’s Associations), CESPYD (the Research and Action Center of the University of Seville) and the Gypsy Association UNGA of the Equi-Sastipen-Rroma Network, with co-financing from the Open Society Foundations and the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. The objective of...
Today, FAKALI held a moment of silence in honor of three young Roma women who were victims of anti-gypsyism hate crimes. CESPYD members joined to denounce these hate crimes.
Reference: García-Ramírez, M., Lizana, T., & La Parra, D. (2017). Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) Health Strand. Country Report Spain. IOM MHD RO Brussels. Full text: https://cespyd.es/a/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SPAIN_MIPEX_Health.pdf
In February 2017, Open Society Foundation-Roma Integration Office’s planned a field visit to meet with CESPYD and FAKALI in Sevilla. RIO program officers had the chance to become more familiar with both organization’s work. RIO program officers visited both Polígono Sur Primary Healthcare Center and the Torreblanca Healthcare Center. We...
On February 2nd the official project kickoff meeting took place at the Universidad de Sevilla Nursing department. In this meeting partners presented the activities and objectives of each phase included in the project. Please see meeting agenda here: ROAD4HEALTH Kick-Off Agenda Fakali’s staff, the advisory board and student collaborators were invited...
Reference: García-Ramírez, M. (Coord.) (2016). Follow-up Case Study on the NRIS Spain: Strengthening Roma Engagement in Polígono Sur through Roma Health Governance. International Organization for Migrations. Abstract: This report has been developed within the framework of the Equi-Health’s follow-up case study on the NRIS Spain (health component). The project “Equi-Health: Fostering...
Reference: García-Ramírez, M., Escobar-Ballesta, M., Lizana, T., & Albar, M. J. (2016). El Reto de la Equidad en las Políticas Sanitarias Dirigidas al Pueblo Gitano en España. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, vol. 7. Reference: In this paper we address the contribution of the community psychology to the formulation of...
On the 6th, 7th and 8th of June, the University Residence Flora Tristan of the Pablo de Olavide University hosted the IV European Meeting of “Mediation in Romany Health”, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and CESPYD, in collaboration with the University Pablo de Olavide and the Office...
Funded by: International Organization for Migrations
Coordinator: Manuel García-Ramírez
Duration: 2015 – 2016
Reference: García-Ramírez, M., Escobar-Ballesta, M. y Lizana, T. (2015). Implementation of the assessment of the National Roma Integration Strategy and other national commitments in the field of health in Spain. International Organization for Migrations. Abstract: This Progress Report Report from a multi-stakeholder perspective on the implementation of the NRIS (National...
Funded by: the International Organization for Migrations and the DG SANTE
Coordinator: Roumyana Petrova Benedict (IOM Regional Office Brussels)
Duration: 2013 – 2015
