CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Musilova, Magdalena |
|---|---|
| Title | The Right to Education of Roma Girls in the Slovak Republic: Does the "Practical Woman" Educational Program Violate the Right to Education of Roma Girls in the Slovak Republic as It Is Protected by International Human Right Law? |
| Summary | The right to education is one of the fundamental human rights. However, this right is often violated by the States, especially when it comes to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. Roma children have been facing segregation and discrimination in the Slovak educational system for years. Moreover, they are forced to attend schools of a low quality within the segregated educational system. However, the research on this topic has rarely dealt with the segregation of Roma children in secondary education or the gender aspect of discrimination and segregation of Roma children in the Slovak educational system. This thesis therefore concentrates on the right to education of Roma girls in the Slovak Republic who are discriminated based on their race and gender and are often trapped in generational poverty. The thesis analyzes whether one specific program of lower secondary vocation education called the “Practical Woman” is in accordance with the provisions of the international law on the right to education enshrined in human right treaties ratified by the Slovak Republic. The analysis discovers numerous violations of the right to education of Roma girls by this educational program. The “Practical Woman” educational program is based on racial and gender stereotypes and, therefore, violates the principles of equality and non-discrimination and does not offer its graduates skills and knowledge required by the labor market or necessary for the full personal development. The Slovak Republic should abolish this educational program. Therefore, it is worrisome that the number of students of this educational program has been increasing in the last ten years. |
| Supervisor | Zentai Violetta |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/musilova_magdalena.pdf |
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