Publication details
Helping Romany parents not to be blamed for children maltreatment
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Romani people are an ethnic minority in the Czech Republic, currently making up 3% of the population. As many have proved, in many countries across Europe, children from Romani communities are removed from their biological families and placed in children’s homes at a disproportionate rate (compared to the rest of the population). Many studies in central and eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Slovakia) have shown that children from Romani communities can be 20%-80% of children in institutions. The reasons seem to be prejudice, institutional biases, discrimination, and the practice of removing children on the basis of poverty. This is a long-term problem, which should be addressed. The very aim of the presented text is to formulate goals and themes for the methods of social work with socially excluded Romani families in the Czech Republic. The aim of the background research was to provide an answer to the question: “In what ways are parental functions in socially excluded Roma families ensured?” But In my presentation I do not want to focus on how my conversation partners perceived the performance of parental functions, but now I would like to address the implications of the research results for the practice of social work. |
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