Following requests by service providers working with Roma in Ireland, Pavee Point is working to create a database of the range of service providers who are working directly with Roma in Ireland. Staff working with Roma are asked to fill in a short questionnaire that will provide brief details for such a database. This will be a resource for statutory […]
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The Council of Europe commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, has published a report on the situation of Travellers and Roma across the 47 countries within the council. He said: “In many European countries Roma and Travellers are still denied basic human rights and suffer blatant racism. They remain far behind others in education, employment, access […] Members of the public and supporters from the settled, Roma and Traveller community joined Pavee Point Travellers’ Centre on Friday 10 February in a candle-lit vigil remembering Marioara Rostas, the Roma teenager found murdered in Dublin in January. The simple vigil was organised in response to expressions of shock and goodwill from people contacting Pavee Point […] Roma Communities in Ireland: Maternal and Child Health Seminar Pavee Point and the HSE are organising a series of thematic seminars focusing on Roma communities in Ireland and the provision of services, for the duration of 2012. The next in the series of seminars will be on maternal and child health. When & Where: 29 February […] Pavee Point Statement Jan 24 2012 Marioara Rostas Pavee Point would like to express deepest condolences to the family of Marioara Rostas. The circumstances surrounding Marioara’s disappearance and death are extremely distressing. This tragic situation highlights concerns about risks faced by members of Roma communities and in particular Roma women, in Ireland. Roma women are a risk […] This position paper was released by Pavee Point in October 2011 Towards National Traveller Roma Strategy_20.09.11 Assumptions overturned as reporter finds many Roma families in poverty and squalor in Dublin Paul Connolly investigating, yesterday A Documentary broadcast on 3 this month found that the assumptions and stereotypes of Roma in Ireland were simply untrue. The show, which aimed to expose organised aggressive begging in Dublin found no evidence of current organisation […] |
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