Letter from our Chairperson, Anastasia Crickley: Dear Friends, At this very difficult time, as someone who has had the honour of working with a number of you, I want on today International Day against Racism – to salute the courage and commitment with which you’ve struggled in so many different ways to create conditions for […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes today’s announcement by the Department of Housing that directors of housing in local authorities are being asked to take measures that acknowledge the particular challenges that the Traveller community face in staying safe from Coronavirus (COVID-19). “Government willingness to respond to the particular needs of Travellers is encouraging […]
read more →Extract from President Michael D’s Speech at Áras an Uachtaráin for International Women’s Day 6 March 2020: “Women’s rights, and how they can be fully achieved, is a question that challenges the fundamental structures and values of our society. If we wish to realise full equality between women and men, we can only do so […]
read more →On International Women’s Day 2020 President Michael D. Higgins’ highlights exclusion of Traveller and Roma women. Read our submission to Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality, March 2020 Please find our response to and submissions to the National Women’s Strategy 2017 -2020 Also find our submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against […]
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The Irish Government was awarded a ‘D’ in terms of Traveller and Roma Children in Report Card 2020. As members of the Children’s Rights Alliance (CRA), Pavee Point echos the CRA call for the recommendations of the Independent Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation to be implemented Tanya Ward, Chief Executive, Children’s Rights Alliance – “The […]
read more →The horse racing incident on the N7 motorway, as shown in a video today (20/2/2020), is completely unacceptable and endangers other road users and indeed animals and participants themselves. This misuse of a public road is shocking and Pavee Point calls on anybody contemplating similar activities to stop and consider the safety of other road […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, along with other people and groups who contacted us, were outraged at Mr. Tom Parlon’s use of the words ‘fighting like tinkers’ on Today with Sean O Rourke, on RTE Radio One today (31 January 2020). This type of language gives an insight into the embedded racism and discrimination […]
read more →A new report published by the European Commission says Government progress on Traveller health and accommodation urgently needs to pick up pace. The report from the Roma Civil Monitor shows that the Government approach to achieving equality for Irish Travellers through the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy ‘is piecemeal and based on small scale […]
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Pavee Point was delighted to welcome Anna Shakespeare, recently appointed CEO of Pobal, on an info sharing visit this week. Programme workers were able to highlight to Ms. Shakespeare the important work they do and also what needs to come on stream to improve Traveller inclusion. Pobal works on behalf of Government to support communities […]
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Pavee Point hosted a workshop at the Connecting for Life conference at Croke Park on Friday 24 January. The conference was aimed at service providers in Dublin North City and County. Pavee Point’s Mental Health Team gave a presentation on elements that impact on Traveller mental health and then got service providers to play our […]
read more →Detailed Manifesto Below 1. Implementation of the National Traveller Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) 2017-2021 To strengthen the existing implementation and monitoring of the NTRIS by adopting clear targets, indicators, outcomes, timeframes and budget lines for the Strategy. To ensure NTRIS actions are adequately resourced by all Government Departments involved, including but not only by the […]
read more →As First Fortnight – Art of Mental Health festival draws to a close, the exhibition Unpacking Traveller Mental Health went on view at Dundalk Institute of Technology (17 January). Unpacking Traveller Mental Health This event gives students a chance to learn about factors that impact on Traveller mental health and to talk to Travellers from […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre is backing calls by a UN Anti-Racism body for Irish politicians to be investigated, prosecuted and punished for acts of hate speech during election campaigns. “We cannot be complacent about racism or racist hate speech,” said Martin Collins, Co Director, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre. “Elections that are […]
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Travellers and Roma can make a difference with their vote. To vote you need to be on the voting register. To be on the register for a General Election you need to: Live regularly at the address you give Be an Irish citizen Be 18 years or over As the election is in just a […]
read more →Pavee Point is proud today to donate family history materials that are part of Pavee Point’s ‘Pavee Roads Home’ project to the archives at the National Library of Ireland. This donation marks an important addition to the archive because it is material generated by Travellers themselves and gives visibility to the role Travellers have played […]
read more →As part of our ongoing work with Traveller men we held a peer led discussion with 26 Traveller men on drugs, crime and prison in collaboration with TravAct on 11 December. A big thank you to all the Traveller men who gave up their time to be involved, with a special thank you to our guest speaker […]
read more →The UN has called for Ireland to facilitate increased Traveller and Roma participation in public life following a hearing in Geneva on what Ireland has done to combat racism and discrimination since 2008. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged the State to focus on ethnic data collection to highlight areas […]
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Pavee Point was delighted to host the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Second National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence. There are two actions on Traveller and Roma women within the Strategy. More information www.cosc.ie.
read more →Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Human rights are relevant to all of us, every day Our shared humanity is rooted in these universal values Equality, justice and freedom prevent violence and sustain peace Whenever […]
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Huge congratulations to Rosaleen McDonagh on being conferred with her PhD from Newcastle University of Northumbria in Newcastle today. Rosaleen, who is a Trinity College graduate, achieved her PhD “From Shame to Pride, The Politics of Disabled Traveller Identity” from the Department of Health and Life Sciences at the university. Here she is pictured with […]
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