Equal Voices 22 "Being an older woman is disadvantageous and being additionally a minority, even more so", says Naina Patel in this Equal Voices.

This issue of Equal Voices seeks to give an overview of the main questions around the ‘integration debate' at the EU level: What is the context of the current debate? How is integration defined? Can integration be measured, and how? What should integration policies look like?

The FRA report "Housing conditions of Roma and Travellers in the European Union" gives evidence that Roma and Travellers are strongly disadvantaged in private and social housing throughout the European Union. This includes discrimination in access to housing, poor housing conditions, segregation, and forced evictions.

The Fundamental Rights Conference, the flagship annual event of the FRA, focused in 2010 on ensuring justice and protection for all children, including those who are most vulnerable. This report summarises the speeches, discussion and common conclusions and issues identified during the conference.

This report is the second publication from the legal study carried out in the context of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' (FRA) project on the ‘Fundamental rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems'.

This handbook examines the role of Holocaust memorial sites and museums, drawing on findings from the FRA project 'Discover the past for the future - A study on the role of historical sites and museums in Holocaust education and human rights education in the EU'.

Die Europäische Union ist auf dem Fundament der Grundrechte gebaut, der Kampf gegen Diskriminierung - zum Beispiel aufgrund der sexuellen Orientierung oder Gelschlechteridentität bildet sich in der Gesetzgebung ab. Dieser FRA Bericht fasst die Forschungergebnisse zu diesem Thema leicht lesbar zusammen. Ziel ist es, politische Entscheidungsträger mit Werkzeugen auszustatten um ein kohärentes System zu Schutz der Grundrechte von lesbischen, schwulen, bisexuellen und trans- Personen zu gewährleisten.

The European Union (EU) is founded on the values of equality and non-discrimination, and through its policies works to combat discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) twins its research findings in the field with the relevant EU standards in a short and easy-to-read publication designed to equip those who shape policy with the information they need to develop a coherent and systematic approach to the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) rights.

L’Union européenne est fondée sur la valeur de l’égalité et de la non-discrimination. À travers ses politiques, elle lutte contre la discrimination fondée sur l’orientation sexuelle. Même si des progrès importants ont été accomplis vers la réalisation de l’égalité y compris du point de vue de l’orientation sexuelle et de l’identité de genre, il reste plusieurs obstacles à surmonter. Le présent rapport de synthèse regroupe et met en contexte les principaux résultats des études sociales et juridiques réalisées par la FRA entre 2008 et 2010 sur les thèmes des droits des LGBT et de la situation sociale des personnes LGBT.

The Agency has published on 2nd March its new "Antisemitism Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001-2008". This publication is the 5th update of its 2004 report "Manifestations of antisemitism in the EU" with new statistical data.