Ethnic Minority and Roma Women in Europe: A Case for Gender Equality?

This comparative report presents the socio-economic conditions and perspectives of women belonging to disadvantaged ethnic minorities, with special atten- tion to Roma women. The analysis focuses on those ethnic minorities that suffer the most disadvantages in a given national context, mainly in terms of access to education, housing, healthcare, social benefits, and to employment and financial services. The report also presents the main legislative and policy responses developed at the national level to target their social inclusion with some good practice examples. The information in this report is provided by the national experts of the EGGSI Network of experts in gender equality, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care and covers 30 European countries (EU and EEA/ EFTA)