Integration and equal opportunities
The reports of non-governmental organizations and the attitude of the Roma show the following common examples of discrimination against the Roma in Poland: the wrong attitude to local government officials and the reluctance of Roma applicants to cooperate with Roma organizations, the ill-treatment of Roma children, their parents and Roma assistants in schools by teachers and school boards, the reluctance of employers to employ the Roma create a negative image of the Roma in the media.
References:
Jolanta Szymańczak, Społeczność Romów w Polsce, Analizy [online], Polska [2011], available at: http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/WydBAS.nsf/0/5E6E43099325F85EC12578B10042C893/$file/Analiza_%20BAS_2011_45_popraw.pdf
In comparison with other minorities, the Roma ethnic minority is the only minority at risk of social exclusion. This diagnosis stems from a series of social and cultural factors, whose first step is todecrease the low level of education of this group.
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