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The vice president of the Region of Murcia, Isabel Franco, and the mayor of the town, Visitación Martínez, presided over this commemorative act in which the work of groups and associations such as FAGA, Kalochi Kaló or the Fundación Secretariado Gitano was valued.
The City Council of San Pedro del Pinatar today hosted the commemorative act to celebrate the International Day of the Gypsy People, in which the vice president and counselor for Women, Equality, LGTBI, Families and Social Policy, Isabel Franco, the mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitación Martínez, and members of the different gypsy entities with representation in the municipality.
During the event, the counselor highlighted the need to "continue promoting the gypsy community, from respect and support to its cultural identity, a task that must be fought for every day" and vindicated "the memory of its history, the recognition of their contributions to society, both in terms of culture and values.
With the sum of efforts, the unity and diversity of the gypsy people as part of Murcian society becomes clear.
" For all these reasons, he expressed his willingness to reactivate the working group to promote the Regional Strategy for the Inclusion of the Roma People, to "continue creating mechanisms for coordination, dialogue and follow-up between the regional and local Administration and the Third Sector for inclusion.
community of this community ".
In addition to "continuing to collaborate in the implementation and monitoring of the national strategy," he said.
For her part, the mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar highlighted the work carried out in the municipality through the Municipal Gypsy Development Program, with a social intervention of accompaniment and monitoring of individuals, families and groups of this population, based on different areas such as education, social care, socio-labor insertion, health, housing, culture and social participation, with the objective of guaranteeing an improvement in their quality of life.
For their part, the representatives of FAGA, the Gypsy Secretariat and Kalochí Kaló read a joint manifesto in which they vindicated their rights, protested against anti-Gypsyism and vindicated their culture and signs of identity on the 50th anniversary of the first World Gypsy Congress, which took place on April 8, 1971 in London, where the gypsy flag and anthem were adopted.
In the Region of Murcia, the estimated Roma population amounts to 30,513 people, which represents 5.9 percent of the 516,862 Roma people estimated in the whole of Spain, according to the study on the Roma housing and population map 2015 by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.
The Murcian Institute of Social Action (IMAS) finances comprehensive social care projects for the Roma people, within the framework of the Roma Development Plan of the Ministry of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda, to ten city councils in the Region with a high density of Roma population.
In 2020, 400,000 euros were allocated, with the participation of 2,623 Roma people.
The act concluded with the gypsy hymn "Gelem Gelem" and the recognition of the gypsy groups of the town.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar
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