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MULTIPLE DISCRIMINATION - Call for Submissions


Full articles must be submitted to the ERRC by 15 October 2009.

Submissions must follow the ERRC Style Sheet.

Contact: Coordinating Editor of Roma Rights, Sinan Gokcen: sinan.gokcen@errc.org.

 

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is looking for original articles and other submissions (book reviews, interview with key figures and conference reports) from a broad range of disciplines addressing the issue of discrimination that Romani individuals, groups and communities face on multiple grounds.

Unlawful discrimination, in its legal sense, is treating a person or group less favourably than another in the same situation, usually on the grounds of their race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation or religion or some other protected category. Discrimination can be in direct or indirect forms. Various international instruments as well as domestic regulations forbid such discrimination.

However, people and human societies are diverse, complex and multi-layered. Thus, a person, in most cases, bears more than one identity such as being Romani, a woman, a mother, a homosexual, a person with a disability, and so on. There are cases where a person becomes the victim of a discriminatory practice due to the combination of different identities that s/he possesses. For example a Romani woman can be denied a job because she is a “woman” and she is “Romani”. Multiple discrimination occurs when a person is subjected to discrimination on more than one ground and can occur when someone experiences discrimination on different grounds on separate occasions. This situation is also called “parallel discrimination”. Secondly, it can be “additive” or “compound”, where the discrimination occurs on the basis of two or more grounds simultaneously and where the discrimination on one ground intensifies the discrimination experienced on the basis of the other ground. The third type occurs when the discrimination involves more than one ground and the grounds interact with each other in such a way that they are completely inseparable. This is often called “intersectional discrimination”. These terms have been increasingly used in recent years but little concrete information has been made available on this topic concerning Roma.

In this issue of Roma Rights, ERRC seeks submissions which reflect on and seek to provide answers to questions like:



Individual testimonies reflecting the experiences of Romani persons are particularly welcome. Articles offering critical insight to lessons learned in similar situations in different countries, as well as submissions reflecting the perspective of the grassroots Roma movement are also welcome.

Submissions addressing the theme from other perspectives are also welcome.

Process

Full articles must be submitted to the ERRC by 15 October 2009. All submissions will be reviewed by a committee of ERRC staff who will make the final selection of articles for publication.

Please send queries and submissions to the Coordinating Editor of Roma Rights, Sinan Gokcen: sinan.gokcen@errc.org.

Submission guidelines



The ERRC reserves the right to refuse publication of submissions at any point prior to the publication of the Journal.


Background

The ERRC is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities to combat anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development, and human rights training of Romani activists.

Roma Rights is the ERRC’s flagship journal. Published since 1996, Roma Rights has provided a forum for critical discussion of some of the most important human rights concerns of Roma in Europe. The journal is widely distributed in Europe and highly respected as a resource in this field. Each issue of Roma Rights is dedicated to a specific theme. All issues of Roma Rights are available on the ERRC website.

2009-09-08





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