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La Fragua Projects presents the FEIG project to the Madrid Regional Assembly, calling for the Regional Rroma Strategy not to be abandoned
In his statement, Iñaki Vázquez called for a consensus-based approach and for the development of proposals in line with the policy frameworks for the Rroma People agreed at European level and in many regions governed by parties of the same political persuasion as that...
Cafè Barcelona 2025 is launching its initiative with the Nou Barris district’s Participatory Space for Democratic Innovation
The Ateneu La Bòbila in Porta is hosting the first edition of an event that forms part of a project aimed at encouraging civic participation from the margins. Following months of preparation, internal training and outreach work, the first “Participatory Space for...
For the second year running, La Fragua Projects is taking part in the National Institute of Public Administration’s (INAP) training courses on racism
The training programme entitled ‘Preventing and Combating Xenophobia and Racism’ took place online in the form of a round-table discussion with activists and representatives of victims of discrimination, with the aim of understanding their experiences, the progress...
Published in the Roma Civil Monitor 2024 report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of the Rroma People in Spain
This report examines in detail the progress made and the shortcomings identified in the implementation of the Rroma Strategy The report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of the Roma People in Spain is now...
The Rroma community demands equality: a conference in Seville to break the silence and rethink the discourse
La Fragua Projects is organising a participatory event with an anti-discrimination focus to highlight the structural violence faced by the Romani People, with a particular focus on women. On 21 May, the Las Góndolas Community Centre in Seville East hosted the...
Memory against systemic silence
The resistance of Rromani sexual and gender dissidents against antigypsist silence. It is essential to discuss these two contrasting concepts—memory and silence—when considering the history of the Romani people in general and, of course, when addressing sexual and...
A collection of educational materials on the history of the Rromani People
As part of the 'Rroma Memory through Gender (MGG)' project, developed jointly by Unión Romaní Madrid, the Asociación Nacional Presencia Gitana and La Fragua Projects, and funded by the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, we have published this brief...
The verses of the Rromani resistance
International Roma Day, celebrated yesterday, was a day of advocacy for the Rroma People. Voria Stefanovsky, an activist and academic based in Ourense, is a leading voice in the fight for her community’s dignity, and this year she is marking the occasion with a...
Society projects onto us what it does not want to be: Iñaki Vázquez Arencón, a Romani and LGTBIQ+ activist, on International Rroma Day
Roma activists are calling for an end to stereotypes and for greater recognition of diversity Education remains a major challenge: 63% of Roma pupils do not complete their secondary education Celia Montoya Montoya and Iñaki Vázquez Arencón joke that they are a...