Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Life of a Romani woman who won the first-ever ethnic discrimination case in Latvia

 

Diena features a comprehensive story of a Romani woman who last year May won a case against a private company that refused her job because of her ethnicity. The court established the fact of ethnic discrimination. The newspaper provides a detailed description of a case and notes that although the woman won the case, she still has not succeeded in finding a job.