Pavee Point was delighted to host a visit by the European Roma Grassroots Network Organisation (ERGO) this week. ERGO reps visited Shuttleknit – a Traveller enterprise in Co. Wicklow – as well as visiting Traveller sites and speakin about the issues that Travellers face. Thanks to everyone who supported the visit. ERGO is an organization […]
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Month: May 2022
Pavee Point is delighted to share today our documentary Romani Kultura: Roma Voices in Ireland to mark International Romani Resistance Day On 16 May we remember this date in 1944, when Roma prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp rose up against the Nazi authorities saving some lives in a brave show of resistance and resilience. Today […]
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“In the older years I’m very proud to be a grandmother, and a great grandmother, and to pass some of the knowledge that I know about Travellers on to the younger generation as well. “I see a big difference. The young Traveller women years ago did not have nearly enough of what the young Travelling […]
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Pavee Point welcomes today’s announcement of ‘Funding the Future” – the Department’s new policy on funding Higher Education and Reducing the Cost of Education – launched by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD. “We welcome the Minister’s commitment to change and review higher education access. Traveller education […]
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Pavee Point was delighted to feed into this report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust. Speaking at the launch Pavee Point’s Nuala Kelly welcomed recommendations on the need for antiracism in penal system, to address institutional racism and professional development for staff. Ms. Kelly also highlighted the need for more data on ethnicity and commended […]
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Great to have Traveller health inequalities discussed with Mary Brigid Collins and Missie Collins at a Women’s Health Conference to discuss ‘reaching for equality’. Mary Brigid spoke about health inequalites faced by Irish Travellers, barriers to accessing services and the difficulties in getting appropriate services. “We need positive action within the mainstream to achieve equal […]
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