CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Aguilera Martin, Maria |
|---|---|
| Title | Intersectionality in Education: Policies Targeting Romani People in Catalonia |
| Summary | Education is an important aspect that has been documented by researchers as being vital to Romani people for increasing access to quality jobs and achieving social mobility. Romani women and other vulnerable groups, such as the Romani LGBTQ+ and the Romani people with disabilities, among others, have bigger barriers to accessing, continuing, and finalizing education stages. This thesis is a comparative policy analysis that examines how intersectionality is understood and implemented in the Roma Strategic Frameworks of the EU, Spain, and Catalonia in the education area. The Intersectional Feminist Policy Analysis guided the analytical process of this research along with the perspective of intersectionality, Romani feminisms, and decolonial studies, focusing on specific analytical dimensions: objectives, actors, and funding of the strategies. The findings suggest that, despite the mention of including an intersectional approach in all the strategies, mostly only gender (in binary terms) and age were considered. This research contributes to debates on education policy design and it provides policy recommendations for future strategies targeting Romani people. By using an intersectional and feminist approach, this thesis emphasizes the importance of including all Romani people in the design and implementation of the strategies. |
| Supervisor | Szikra, Dorottya; Kóczé, Angéla |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/aguilera_maria.pdf |
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