The COVID19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities for Travellers and Roma – but has also created opportunities to address inequalities – Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre reported to a meeting of European ngos hosted by the Fundamental Rights Platform this week. Ronnie Fay, Pavee Point Co Director spoke at the meeting “Human rights work in challenging […]
read more →Traveller organisations around the country are today calling on Travellers to fully adhere to COVID-19 public health measures, including restrictions on funerals. In this way people can show the deceased the respect and dignity they deserve. Both the Government and the Catholic Church have stated that only immediate family members – up to a maximum of […]
read more →“People should not be getting involved in large gatherings. It is in breach of public health guidelines,” said Martin Collins, Pavee Point Co Director. “I would encourage Travellers – difficult as it is because we all know funerals are culturally significant in our community – to follow the rules. “This is about saving lives and […]
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The Department of Education has produced a Traveller specific video (3 mins) offering information and guidance while schools are closed. The Tusla Education Support Service is also there to help parents. See below contacts for Education Welfare Officers who can help for non-Deis schools. Write caption…
read more →The National LGBT+ Traveller & Roma Action Group firstever 2021 LGBT+ Traveller & Roma Calendar is a great way to promote positive identity. Higher levels of poor mental health are common both in the Traveller community and the LGBT+ community. Consequently, LGBT+ Travellers and Roma battle layers of discrimination as they strive to find self-acceptance, […]
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Gabi Muntean of Pavee Point’s Roma Programme spoke this week at the Holocaust Memorial Day event organised by the Holocaust Education Trust. The event was a live streamed and contained a mix of live and pre-recorded material recalling the atrocities of the Holocaust. Gabi spoke of the ghettoes of Jews, Roma, Communists and Homosexuals that […]
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Pavee Point’s Men’s Health Team is participated in ‘Empowered Voices’ a Traveller event on Sunday for First Fortnight 2021. Our Men’s Health workers were part of a panel discussion on identity and mental health that will also include a performance of the poem ‘Gloke’. ‘Gloke’ is the result of workshops researching issues of racism, discrimination, […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre stands in solidarity with women and children who endured suffering and oppression in mother and baby homes. In particular we recognise Traveller women and children who experienced the additional aspects of racism in mother and baby and county homes. We salute the courage of survivors in speaking up for the […]
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Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre welcomes today’s launch, by the Department of Justice, of consultation findings in relation to hate crime and hate speech in Ireland and the announcement there will be new laws early next year. “We have been saying for a long time that there is a need for new laws that […]
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We know lots of Traveller women are very worried about themselves and their babies during this time. This leaflet has some information and key steps you can take to keep yourself and your baby safe. All info here.
read more →We in Pavee Point salute today all who struggle everywhere to have their rights vindicated and those who work with and support them. We particularly salute the Roma and Travellers throughout the world and symbolically join with their struggles for rights realisation. As a human rights organisation committed to collective progress in rights realisation for […]
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Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre celebrates today – the 3rd of December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities and calls on the government to ratify the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) optional protocol – which they committed to doing in 2020. Pavee Point works from a human rights model, […]
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This year has been a tough year for many, especially those who experience domestic and sexual violence. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen an increase in domestic and sexual violence around the world and in Ireland. Safe Ireland’s report, “Tracking the Shadow Pandemic” found that 1,970 women and 411 children received support from […]
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Pavee Point welcomes new ringfenced funding of €300,000 as providing essential supports for Travellers for the transfer to and progression in higher education. These supports were among key issues that we raised with the Minister Harris during the summer. This fund also recognises the need to mitigate the way in which COVID19 has reinforced Traveller […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre is among 56 organsiations and networks that has co-signed a shared vision of what is important in order to achieve a Just Recovery from COVID-19. Talk to your local politicians about these 6 issues. A Shared Vision for a Just Recovery The coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside […]
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Pavee Point welcomes today’s launch of the new EU Strategic Framework for Equality, Inclusion Participation of Travellers and Roma in the EU. “This new EU Framework gives us a reality check on equality to date and pushes for real improvements in living conditions and participation,” said Martin Collins, Pavee Point Co Director. The new Framework […]
read more →By Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson, Pavee Point As for many others, news of Fergus’s death brought to mind his groundbreaking work and its ongoing implications for the people of the North Inner City of Dublin and far beyond, as well as his national contributions and solidarity with other causes. Fergus was on e of the group […]
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Traveller Community Health Workers work hard to keep us all in the Traveller Community safe and well. For World Mental Health Week we are highlighting that it’s important that our minders mind themselves. Pavee Point has produced a new leaflet with advice for the workers in 27 Traveller Primary Health Care Projects around the country.
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Pavee Point, as part of the COVID-19 NGO Group, have written to Ministers Pascal Donohoe, Michael McGrath and Joe O Brien to call for action on two key concerns – income adequacy and the need for targeted resources to support and build the resilience of already marginalised communities during and after this crisis. We are […]
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World Mental Health Week starts today and wellbeing is just as important for older Travellers as at any other time of life. We have developed a set of postcards with tips for older Travellers on how our Auld Pavees can mind their mental health. The theme for this week is ‘Mental Health for All – Greater […]
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