It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge today the sad death of our dear colleague – Nurul Amin. Our deep sympathies go to Nurul’s wife Lovely, his son and daughter Hirok and Suchi, their families and Nurul’s four grandaughters. May he rest in peace and may Nurul’s thoroughness and his commitment and dedication […]
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Over 100 Traveller men from around the country gathered today at 15 Acres Phoenix Park for Pavee Point’s annual Traveller Men’s Health Day to promote good physical and mental health as part of Men’s Health Week. “It’s great to see Traveller Men’s Health Day back in the calendar after COVID,” said Pavee Point Men’s Health […]
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On 3rd of February 2022, we said our final good bye to Pavee Point Co Director, Ronnie Fay. May she rest in peace and may her courage, commitment and determination live on in all who seek to work for the transformation essential for a just, sustainable world for everyone, everywhere. These tributes only go someway […]
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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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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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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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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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Fundamental rights and the rule of law in Ireland are the focus of a report published this week following on from a virtual visit to Ireland in 2021. The report from the European Economic and Social Committee acknowledges that the pandemic disproportionately affected Roma and Travellers and exposed the difficulties in accessing health services and […]
read more →On International Traveller & Roma Day 2022, Pavee Point sends out a strong message of solidarity with Roma in Ukraine and celebrates Traveller & Roma identity and resilience. See our statement on Roma and other minorities in Ukraine.
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The 8th of April is the anniversary of the 1st World Roma Congress in London in London in 1971 to and to celebrate there was a day long campus cultural event at MU North Campus on Wednesday 6th of April. The Traveller barrel top wagon from the Living Heritage Exhibiton was the centrepiece of the […]
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So positive to see Traveller specific action in the StrongerTogether mental health promotion plan launched today. There is a much needed commitment to scale up and strengthen #Traveller initiatives. A step in the right direction and worth the work pushing for Traveller inclusion. Pavee Point’s Mental Health Initiative also got a special mention as part […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, in partnership with The Marie Keating Foundation, have created Traveller specific cancer information resources to improve the early detection of cancer and ensure better outcomes in cancer care for Traveller men and women. According to the All-Ireland Traveller Health Study (2010), Travellers have poorer health outcomes than non-Travellers with life […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, in partnership with The Marie Keating Foundation, have created Traveller specific cancer information resources to improve the early detection of cancer and ensure better outcomes in cancer care for Traveller men and women. According to the All-Ireland Traveller Health Study (2010), Travellers have poorer health outcomes than non-Travellers with life […]
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The 49th Session of the Human Rights Council is currently taking place and the Irish Government’s report under the Universal Periodic Review is being adopted. In response to this report, Pavee Point and other Traveller organisations are delivering a statement on behalf of International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination. International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre was delighted to be part of this rally to call on Government to ensure equality for women in health, accommodation and in particular the area of violence against women. . Geraldine McDonnell of our Mental Health Initiative addressed the crowd and called for solidarity with Traveller and Roma women […]
read more →Pavee Point today, in partnership with the Central Statistics Office, launches culturally appropriate resources to support Traveller and Roma participation in Census 2022. This includes leaflets and videos made by, and for, Travellers and Roma. These resources explain the importance of participation in the Census and address concerns or fears that some Travellers and Roma […]
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Pavee Point wrote to the Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs this week seeking humanitarian aid and human rights protection for Roma and other minorities in Ukraine. Martin Collins, Co-Director Pavee Point and member of the Advisory Committee for the Council of Europe Framework Convention on National Minorities said: “From my work on the Advisory […]
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In November 2021 Ireland’s human rights situation was peer reviewed by the United Nations Member States during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ireland. Ireland has now considered all of the recommendations issued during the Review, and in its response has accepted 221 recommendations and noted 33 recommendations. Our Coalition of Traveller and Roma organisations […]
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Travellers and Roma were part of a handover of 15,000 signatures to Justice Minister Helen McEntee today calling for effective hate crime laws to be introduced as soon as possible. In the week when hate speech against Roma and Roma genocide during the holocaust was heavily criticised, Pavee Point’s Roma Programme Worker Vanessa Paszkowska spoke […]
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