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01. júla 2020.

Country report: Evaluation of Anti-discrimination Interventions Targeting the Links between Political Discourse, Antigypsyism and Collective Action in Ireland

Report on evaluation of anti-discrimination interventions from Ireland prepared by our partners from the University of Limerick.

Executive summary

• A review of prejudice reduction and anti-discrimination interventions addressing Travellers in Ireland was
  conducted in May-June 2019 resulting in a collection of 23 entries. The Classification Table designed to
  provide an overview of these interventions was analysed, concluding that interventions could be best
  described and clustered in 3 categories: Educational Interventions & General Diversity Training (category 1),
  Interactive, Experiential and Intergroup Interventions (category 2), and Public Showcasing Interventions
  (Category 3). The majority of the documented interventions in our research belonged to the first category.
• In line with the objectives of the PolRom project looking into the impact of political discourse and normative
  predictors of antigypsism as well as the potential to engage in collective action in solidarity or against the
  Traveller community, we designed a protocol for follow-up focus group discussions with organizers and
  participants in various interventions. We were interested in the psychological processes that facilitate or
  hinder interpersonal and intergroup relationships during the interventions. A set of 7 topics was identified
  which highlighted several potential social psychological processes at work: identity, engagement, funders
  (political discourse), collective action, gender issues, normative context, emotions.
• We conducted 3 focus groups with members from 2 organizations and researchers who worked in a
  community setting with Traveller and Settled people, in order to conduct a psychological evaluation of
  interventions. The thematic analysis of these discussions revealed 3 main themes: how group identities are
  defined and how the divisions within and between groups are formulated (theme 1), the lack of cohesion in
  approaching anti-Traveller racism and Traveller social inclusion (theme 2), and the possibility and need of
  creating political solidarity with the Traveller and other minority groups (theme 3). Participants discussed the
  barriers as well as opportunities in achieving systemic change in decreasing prejudice and discrimination and
  promoting social inclusion.
• We conclude with recommendations addressed at funders and government organizations, at community
  organizations and at individuals working with anti-discrimination and social inclusion interventions at the
  grass-roots.

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