All across Europe, huge numbers of Roma have limited access to clean drinking water and sanitation. This is not a coincidence of geography. It is a matter of societal and institutional discrimination. Inadequate politicians and even worse policies force Roma to live in completely segregated settlements, where they are discriminated against by local authorities and denied access to basic services.

Romani children are systemically denied their rights to education and non-discrimination in primary education in Slovakia. They are overwhelmingly segregated in Roma-only mainstream schools and classes, or special schools and classes for children with “mild mental disabilities”. As a result, they are condemned to low-quality, segregated education.

Rómskym deťom v Slovenskej republike sa systematicky upiera právo na vzdelanie a ochranu pred diskrimináciou v základnom školstve. Prevažná väčšina týchto detí je segregovaná v čisto rómskych bežných školách a triedach, alebo v špeciálnych školách pre deti s “ľahkým stupňom mentálneho postihnutia”, v dôsledku čoho sú odsúdené na nekvalitné segregované vzdelávanie.