Roma Gender Dimensions in Four Bulgarian Neighborhoods
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Hristo Botev Neighborhood in Sofia Neighborhood in Plovdiv Neighborhood in Yambol Sheker Mahala Vesselinovo Byala Slatina Population: 8,000-9,000 Mixed, Djorevtsi 20-23 16-20 Education: Girls Age of marriage Men Women Ethnic Subgroups: Less than 50% complete secondary school Population: 2,200 Kalayzdhi, Reshetari 21-22 17-20 Education: Girls Age of marriage Men Women Ethnic Subgroups: 45% complete secondary schoo Population: 8,000 - 9,000 Holohane Roma (Millet), majority Muslims 18 15 Education: Girls Age of marriage Men Women Ethnic Subgroups: very few complete secondary school Population: 402 Eastern Orthodox or Evangelists 17 13 Education: Girls Age of marriage Men Women Ethnic Subgroups: very few complete secondary school Roma Gender Dimensions in Bulgarian Neighborhoods 4
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Roma represent a large ethnic minority in Bulgaria, but it is not a homogeneous group - as many as 60 different Roma groups live in the country with different culture, traditions and religion. Roma are one of the poorest populations in Bulgaria. As many as one in three Roma live in extreme poverty earning less than $4.30 a day, compared to just one in twenty among the rest of the population But poverty is not the only challenge: traditional social norms, including gender roles, are changing and tensions between those who seek to cope by adopting new roles and those who want to preserve traditional roles and values are emerging.
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Hristo BotevNeighborhood in Sofia
Neighborhood in PlovdivNeighborhood in YambolSheker Mahala Vesselinovo
Byala Slatina
Population: 8,000-9,000 Mixed, Djorevtsi
20-23
16-20
Education: Girls
Age of marriage
Men Women
Ethnic Subgroups:
Less than 50% complete secondary school
Population: 2,200 Kalayzdhi, Reshetari
21-22
17-20
Education: Girls
Age of marriage
Men Women
Ethnic Subgroups:
45% complete secondary schoo
Population: 8,000 - 9,000 Holohane Roma (Millet), majority Muslims
18
15
Education: Girls
Age of marriage
Men Women
Ethnic Subgroups:
very few complete secondary school
Population: 402 Eastern Orthodox or Evangelists
17
13
Education: Girls
Age of marriage
Men Women
Ethnic Subgroups:
very few complete secondary school
Roma Gender Dimensions in Bulgarian Neighborhoods4
