Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre hosted the 1st Roma Network Forum meeting this week. Sixteen organisations, from all over the country, attended the meeting. Organisations will be involved in information sharing and strategic...
In the run up to Elections 19 Pavee Point, as part of the Community Platform , helped develop materials to promote and support the delivery of positive social values. These values are Community, Decency...
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas opened the Roma exhibition FUTUROMA, an official Collateral Event of the 58 Venice Biennale – the world’s most prestigious contemporary arts event. Minster Heiko said FUTUROMA highlighted the importance of...
Traveller parents highlighted the use of reduced timetables as being disruptive to the delivery of high quality education to their children, a Pavee Point assessment has found. Pavee Point believes this practice serves to...
Pavee Point was delighted to host a visit by Michael O’ Flaherty, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. Mr. O Flaherty met with staff and discussed issues impacting on Travellers and Roma....
European Roma Week, now in its fourth year, took place this year alongside European Week against Racism March 18/21 due to the upcoming European Parliament Elections. Both were significantly enhanced by the involvement of...
The World Community Development Conference took place in June 2018 at Maynooth University. The conference focused on Participation, Power and Progress. Delegates from all over the world came to reflect on diverse practices and...
In recent times there have been a number of incidents of animal cruelty reported concerning some members of the Traveller community. Videos have been posted on social media. These videos are highly upsetting and...
Minister for Equality David Stanton, TD will launch “Traveller Horse Ownership – a Research Project” during Traveller Pride Week in June. Other speakers will include Hughie Friel of Donegal Travellers Project, Mags Casey of...
Report by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has condemned Romania for racist police brutality, and for the first time, found that Roma face institutionalized racism from law-enforcement...
