Abstract:

This study aims to examine the views of Romani women on marginalizing in their working life. The study group consists of 20 Romani women who are living in Çavuşbey neighbourhood, the central district of Edirne, and have an active working life. This study planned as qualitative research uses a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researchers as a data collection tool. In the analysis of the data, the descriptive analysis approach is used. The present study finds that most of the Romani women participated in the study are exposed to marginalizing in their working life. It is stated that the situations related to marginalization are mostly caused by inequality in the workplace, unbalanced workload and labour injustice. In addition, Romani women might not go to work, have poor performance in the workplace and quit their job as a result of marginalization. It is also deduced from the views of Romani women that marginalization results from lack of education, ill-planned system of vocational courses and job opportunities. As a result of the findings, it can be said that marginalization has negative effects both on the working life of Romani women and productivity, safety, workforce and performance of the general working life.

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