<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This article is about the rights of the Roma in North Macedonia and the level of discrimination that Roma are facing while employed in the public sector in the Republic of North Macedonia. The aims and objectives of the article are theoretical and practical understanding of the situation of Roma and the violation of their rights through direct and indirect discrimination at work. The data was collected during the period from May-July 2019 via 52 collected questionaries from a total of 70 public servants who were asked to be a part of the research.The article shows new data we have collected from employed Roma as public servants in different institutions in the state. The surveyed public servants were 52 in total, from which 34 are employees with secondary education, 17 are with university education and only 1 has a masters degree.The questionnaire is composed out of 17 questions about the forms of discrimination, feeling or witnesing discrimination at their workplace, who caused the discrimination, witnessing the spread of prejudices and stereotypes about the Roma, rejection of colleagues to share an office with Roma, and who caused the discrimination. One of the results shows that 55% of the surveyed Roma did not have a single training from their employer in the last 12 months and that 69% of those surveyed stated that they felt discrimination in the last 12 months on everyday basis.</abstract>

This article is about the rights of the Roma in North Macedonia and the level of discrimination that Roma are facing while employed in the public sector in the Republic of North Macedonia. The aims and objectives of the article are theoretical and practical understanding of the situation of Roma and the violation of their rights through direct and indirect discrimination at work. The data was collected during the period from May-July 2019 via 52 collected questionaries from a total of 70 public servants who were asked to be a part of the research.The article shows new data we have collected from employed Roma as public servants in different institutions in the state. The surveyed public servants were 52 in total, from which 34 are employees with secondary education, 17 are with university education and only 1 has a masters degree.The questionnaire is composed out of 17 questions about the forms of discrimination, feeling or witnesing discrimination at their workplace, who caused the discrimination, witnessing the spread of prejudices and stereotypes about the Roma, rejection of colleagues to share an office with Roma, and who caused the discrimination. One of the results shows that 55% of the surveyed Roma did not have a single training from their employer in the last 12 months and that 69% of those surveyed stated that they felt discrimination in the last 12 months on everyday basis.

Discrimination Against Roma Employees in the Public Administration in the Republic of North Macedonia

University “St. Clement of Ohrid” – Bitola

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This article is about the rights of the Roma in North Macedonia and the level of discrimination that Roma are facing while employed in the public sector in the...

Discrimination Against Roma Employees in the Public Administration in the Republic of North Macedonia

Online veröffentlicht: 24. Apr. 2020

Seitenbereich: 169 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/seeur-2019-0026

Schlüsselwörter
Roma, Discrimination, Employment, North Macedonia, Public administration

© 2019 David Berat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Discrimination Against Roma Employees in the Public Administration in the Republic of North Macedonia

Online veröffentlicht: 24. Apr. 2020

Seitenbereich: 169 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/seeur-2019-0026

SchlüsselwörterRoma, Discrimination, Employment, North Macedonia, Public administration

© 2019 David Berat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Roma, Discrimination, Employment, North Macedonia, Public administration