December 2019 - Pavee Point

Traveller family histories give visibility to Traveller culture at National Library

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 […]

Peer led discussion

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 […]

UN CERD says Ireland needs to act now on anti-Traveller & Roma racism

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 […]

Monitoring Committee Meeting

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.

#StandUp4HumanRights – 10 December

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 […]

Congrats on PhD to Rosaleen McDonagh

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 […]

Make racists feel uncomfortable – Ireland told

Ireland was urged to abide by its international commitments and take all steps to make racists feel uncomfortable at the close of hearings by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva (CERD). CERD Committee Member and Country Rapporteur for Ireland Verene Shepherd made the call following two days of hearings by on actions […]