The attitude of social work centres to the marriage of young Roma girls

Prisilne poroke mladoletnih romskih deklic so v Sloveniji in drugod še vedno prisotne. Prakse poročanja se razlikujejo glede na to, kateri romski skupnosti deklice pripadajo ter iz katerega dela prihajajo. Vsem pa je skupno, da deklica po poroki postane gospodinja ter kmalu za tem mati. Izvor takšnih porok najdemo v patriarhalno urejeni skupnosti. Poroke na dekletih puščajo posledice, saj gre za obliko trgovanja z ljudmi. Deklice so izpostavljene nasilju s strani partnerja in njegove družine, sam obred pa tradicionalno spremljajo tudi škodljive prakse, ki kršijo človekove ter otroške pravice. O razširjenosti oziroma pogostosti pojava težko govorimo zaradi pomanjkanja statističnih podatkov. S to problematiko se srečujejo tudi centri za socialno delo Namen mojega zaključnega dela je bil ugotoviti, kakšen odnos imajo le-ti do porok mladoletnih romskih deklic. Centri za socialno delo se s tem problemom sicer ukvarjajo, vendar menim, da je prostora za izboljšave, konkretnejše delovanje ter poglobljeno soočanje s problemom še kar nekaj.Forced marriages of underage Roma girls are present in Slovenia and elsewhere. Reporting practices differ depending on which Roma community the girls belong to and where they come from. However, it is common for all of them that the girl becomes a housewife after marriage and soon after that a mother. The origin of such marriages can be found in a regulated community. Marriages leave consequences for girls as it is a form of human trafficking. Girls are exposed to violence by their partner and his family, and the ceremony itself is traditionally accompanied by harmful practices that violate human and children rights. It is difficult to talk about the prevalence or frequency of the phenomenon due to the lack of statistical data. Social work centres also face this issue. The purpose of the thesis was to find out what kind of attitude social work centres have towards the marriages of underage Roma girls. Social work centres do deal with this problem, but I believe that there is still a lot of room for improvement, more concrete action and an in-depth approach to the problem