Key topic of the thesis is a social status of Romany women within the community and from it resulting selected negative aspects. The theoretical part clearly informs readers about a traditional position and from it resulting roles of a Romany woman. It adverts to her changes in position that were made due to an effect of assimilatory policy of the 50{\crq}s and 60{\crq}s and negative aspects, which are a consequence of an inferior position of Romany women. The practical part deals with the negative aspects in detail {--} prostitution, domestic violence, low education and unemployment. Result of the thesis is setting of hypotheses on the basis of the information gathered from personal data analysis and semi-standardized interviews with Romany women providing sexual services and Romany women that became victims of domestic violence.

This thesis deals with the Roma, one of the largest and most influential cultural minority groups in Romania. Their culture has been part of the country for centuries, and consequently they have had a significant impact on Romanian culture and society. Not in all cases the influence is positive, therefore the diploma thesis will deal with individual branches (cases / parts) separately. The first part discusses the history of the Roma since their departure from India, through their arrival in Romania in the 14th century, until today. The thesis will describe the current situation of the Roma, both from a cultural, linguistic and social point of view. The following chapters will focus on craft, language, literature, and other arts and their significance in the Romanian environment. In some cases, it may be the work of the non- Romani, the Roma being the subject of drawings, photographs, literature and music. In another case, they are the Roma themselves, their language, culture and art, which left a trace in Romania. Whether or whether not the Roma have influenced Romania examines a questionnaire that was submitted to Romanians of different age and gender. The results of the questionnaire are analyzed and compared with the facts resulting from the diploma thesis.

The work of teacher in excluded localities with Romany pupils is demanding, it requires a high degree of resilience, adaptability, perseverance and resilience. Children growing up in an environment of social exclusion have acquired values, habits and behavior patterns that make it more difficult for them to integrate into the school environment. A teacher from an excluded location should understand the acting and behavior of Romany pupils and help these pupils to successfully master the educational process. The aim of my work is to find out the specifics of the teacher's work in the excluded locality. The qualitatively oriented research is focused on the problems, that teachers face from Roman pupils in their education in excluded localities, their opinions on the education of Romany pupils and on their motivation to educate these pupils in an excluded location. Data are obtained using semi-structured interviews with teachers from excluded localities. The conclusion of my work is a discussion of the research results, where the information from the professional literature is compared with my personal experience and the respondents' testimonies. Keywords Socially excluded locality, Romany, Romany pupil, parent, teacher, education

The diploma thesis deals with the drug addiction issue, the circumstances that lead to drug addiction and most importantly the impact the drug addiction has on an individual. It also describes the behaviour of the drug addicted in different life situations and the impact of such behaviour; specifically the impact of behaviour of the drug addicted Romany on functioning of Romany families and communities. The aim of this thesis is to present drug-related issues of the Romany ethnic group, specific aspects of the behaviour of the drug addicted and the impact of such behaviour on their communities. Terminology related to the topic is defined and further described and drug addiction related issues of the Romany ethnic group are specified. As a part of the analysis there are semi-structured interviews which aim to describe, as authentically as possible, behaviour of the drug addicted Romany and to help people understand what kind of impact the Romany community perceive as the most urgent. Among the most important there are: the negative and condemning attitude of the older generation towards the drug addicted members; financial burden of the families of the drug addicted and prevailing negative attitude of the majority society towards the Romany as a whole, which is strengthened by the behaviour of the drug addicted and by higher rate of criminality among them.

Roma population in Slovakia and possibilities of its prediction Abstract The aim of this study is to analyze and to evaluate the demographic reproduction of the Roma population in Slovakia. In the first part, attention is focused on analyzing the demographic processes as well as selected population structure. Primarily, we focused on the description of the fertility and mortality. In addition, we analyze induced and spontaneous abortion and health status of Roma. In terms of population structures, our attention was turned to the structure by age, marital status and highest educational attainment. Important to the overall understanding of reproductive behavior is also characteristic of the Roma families. Based on these findings we prepared projection of Roma population in Slovakia for the period 1981-2030. This study especially aims to point out the changes in the reproductive behavior of the Roma population in Slovakia and its possible development in the future. Keywords: Roma population, fertility, mortality, abortion, health status, Roma family, population structures, population projection, Slovak Republic

The diploma thesis deals with traditional crafts and other sources of livelihood, which are part of the Romany culture. Some professions disappeared decades ago, but others are still surviving today. After introducing the historical and social context, this work will be devoted to the individual crafts. These include coppersmiths, cast pot makers, ironsmiths, tinsmiths, silversmiths, bricklayers, woodcarvers, goldsmiths, weavers and sievers. The aim will be to describe what the craftsmen were doing and what their typical products were. In some cases, thesis will describe the manufacturing processes and materials used. The following chapters will focus on music-related (fiddler) or magic-related professions, and other crafts that provided the main source of livelihood for the Roma. The diploma thesis will be supplemented by excerpts from the narratives of the Romanian Roma, whose original wording, as well as the quotes used, are attached in the appendix. There are also photographs of products made by Roma.

Darbe atlikta teorinė mokslinės ir teisinės literatūros, susijusios su romų tautinės mažumos situacija pasaulyje ir Lietuvoje bei paauglystės amžiaus tarpsnio ypatumais, studija. Tyrimo problema ir jos aktualumas leido suformuluoti tokius probleminius klausimus: Kokie yra romų ir lietuvių tautybės paauglių profesiniai ir gyvenimiškieji lūkesčiai? Ar romų tautybės jaunuolių profesiniai ir gyvenimiškieji lūkesčiai skiriasi nuo lietuvių tautybės jaunuolių? Ar romų tautybės jaunuoliai jaučiasi diskriminuojami šiandieninėje visuomenėje? Interviu metodu buvo atliktas kokybinis tyrimas, kurio tikslas - ištirti bei palyginti lietuvių ir romų tautybės paauglių profesinius ir gyvenimiškuosius lūkesčius ir parengti edukacinę programą, skirtą socialiniams pedagogams, dirbantiems su lietuvių ir romų tautybės paaugliais X miesto dienos centre. Atlikta turinio (content) duomenų analizė. Tyrime dalyvavo devyni romų tautybės paaugliai ir devyni lietuvių tautybės paaugliai. Empirinėje dalyje buvo nagrinėjami lietuvių ir romų tautybės paauglių profesiniai ir gyvenimiškieji lūkesčiai, susiję su mokymusi, šeima, kitais žmonėmis, supančia visuomene, būsima šeima, santuoka, darbu, ateitimi ir atlikta lyginamoji šių lūkesčių analizė. Svarbiausios empirinio tyrimo išvados: 1. Romų tautybės paaugliai didelę reikšmę teikia geriems tarpusavio santykiams bendruomenėje ir akcentuoja jų tautybės asmenų, artimųjų palaikymo svarbą. Tradicijos ir papročiai jų bendruomenėje yra išlaikyti ir perduodami iš... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The theoretical studies of scientific and juridical literature concerning the situation of the Romany minority in Lithuania and all over the world, as well as the features of the adolescence stage were revealed in this paper. The problem and relevance of the research allowed to formulate the following problematic questions: What are the expectations of Lithuanian and Romany teenagers? Do the professional and true-to-life expectations of Romany teenagers differ from those of Lithuanians? Do Romany teenagers feel discriminated in today’s society? The qualitative research was carried out with the help of interviews and its aim was to examine and compare the professional and true-to-life expectations of Lithuanian and Romany teenagers and prepare an educational program for social educators who work with Lithuanian and Romany teenagers in the day centre of X city. The content data analysis was conducted in the research. 9 Lithuanian and Romany teenagers participated in the research. The professional and true-to-life expectations of Lithuanian and Romany teenagers, related to learning, their families, other people, surrounding society, their future family, marriage, work and future perspectives were examined and the comparative analysis of these expectations was done in the empirical part of this research. The most important empirical conclusions that were drawn are:  Romany teenagers attach great importance to good community relations and emphasize the importance of the... [to full text]

Educational process focused on hygienic habits of Romany children The name of this thesis is: Educational process focused on hygienic habits of Romany children. This topic can seem a little controversial or bold to a lot of people. It actually is in certain circumstances. But we can consider it very useful and topíval at numerous minorities in our country, the Czech Republic. We focused on hygiene of Romany children from health aspekt. We set 5 goals in total and the relevant 5 research questions for this thesis. The first goal was to ascertain what the Citizen of Romany population under 15 years of age imagine under the koncept of {\clq}qhygiene``. The second goal was to ascertain who gave information on the way of performing hygiene to Romany persons under 15 years. The third goal was to ascretain the level of participation of the patente in care for hygiene of Romany children under 15 years. The fourth goal of our thesis was to ascertain how Romany citizens under 15 years perform hygiene. And as this thesis included also the application of individual educational plans in the area of hygiene to specific respondents, the last goal was to ascertain the change in hygienic care after the introduction of individual educational plan for persons of Romany nation under 15 years of age. Five reserch guestions were set on the base of the above stated goals. The first question was: What do the citizens of Romany population under 15 years of age imagien under the concept of {\clq}qhygiene``? The second question: Who gives information on the way of performing hygiene to Romany persons under 15 years? The third question: To Chat level do the parents participate in the hygiene of Romany children under 15 years? The fourth question: How do Romany citizens under 15 years perform personal hygiene? The fifth question: What change took place in hygienic care after the introduction of individua educational plan for persons of Romany nation under 15 years of age? The research was made in three stages. In the first stage, information on hygienic habits was collected with the help of non-standardized interview. In the second stage, individual educational plans on the topic of hygiene were created for and applied to selected respondents. In the third stage, control visit was paid in order to ascertain changes in hygienic care on the base of the implemented education. All goals were met and research questions answered. As is generally known, children are considered great luck in Romany families, and their number is severalfold higher as against Czech families. With regard to the fact that the Romany population ranks among the most numerous minorities in the Czech Republic, it was appropriate to ascertain the way of care for thein health, in which hygiene plays irreplaceable role

The topic of the thesis is: ``Educational Process Focused on Prevention of Infectious Diseases in the Romany Population{\crqq}. The Romany minority is a part of the Czech society. In the population census conducted in 2001, the Romany nationality was claimed by 11 746 persons. However, the actual number of members of the Romany community in the Czech Republic is much larger. The Romany psyche differs from the psyche of the non-Romany population, which results in a different lifestyle. In common life we face various infectious diseases, such as respiratory infections, infections of skin and mucous membranes, blood-borne diseases, alimentary infections, sexually transmitted diseases and many others. Most of diseases endanger not only the majority society but also the Romany minority. However, the different lifestyle and psychological differences may result in higher probability of certain infections in the Romany minority. The objective of this thesis was to identify those infectious diseases and to elaborate an educational plan facilitating reduction of occurrence of the identified infectious diseases in the Romany population. The thesis raised four research objectives and four research issues. The research part of the thesis was implemented by the qualitative research method. The data were collected by the technique of semi-structured interviews based on study of technical literature. The questions are based on conceptual models of M. Gordonová, M. Leiningerová and J. Gigerová {--} R. Davidhizerová. The information obtained in interviews with members of the Romany minority group was processed into casuistics that form the basis for elaboration of categorized tables and charts. Based on the data obtained in interviews, the particular infectious disease which endangers members of the Romany minority group was identified and the educational plan was elaborated for them, supplemented with the educational material which was used for education at the following stage of the research. As the main results we consider identification of three infectious diseases that endanger the Romany population to the largest degree. The thesis provides nurses with recommendations what problems should be focused on in education of the Romany population not only within the Romany community but also in educational institutions. We would like to make the results of the thesis available to the professional public. The output of the thesis is the educational plan and educational material intended for all who work with the Romany community and wish to facilitate improvement of their health state and quality of life.

The submitted diploma thesis has been focused on the chosen socio-pathological phenomena in terms of socially excluded Roma adolescents. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the theoretical part there I clarify first of all concepts as a social standard, a deviation and its basic theories, a culture of the poverty, I also deal with a delinquent and criminal behaviour in a context of the ethnicity, further I describe a social pathology in the Roma minority, a social exclusion of the Roma ethnic group including issues of social-excluded localities and in the end of the theoretical part I deal with an explanation of the concept Romany or the Roman ethnic group. An aim of the diploma thesis is to identify how Roma adolescent men and women living in social excluded localities perceive the social pathology. Because of the objectives and particularity of the research sample as well as the research investigation, I chose a qualitative research, a method of an interview and a technique of a half-standardized dialogue with open questions. The target sample includes 14 respondents aged 13 to 20 years. I addressed respondents in two socially excluded localities as follows: ? a dormitory of defaulters ? a dormitory of the housing estate type The result of the thesis is a recognition which phenomena are perceived by the social excluded Roma adolescents as pathological ones and which are their standard and whether they represent a factual standard for them or in what extent they have a personal experience with them.