Pavee Point

rdf:langString Pavee Point

rdf:langString Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Center

rdf:langString Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Center

rdf:langString Research, public education, advocacy, lobbying

rdf:langString Worldwide

rdf:langString Human rights

rdf:langString Co-Directors: Martin Collins, Ronnie Fay

rdf:langString Dublin, Ireland

rdf:langString Non-profit

rdf:langString Pavee Point (PP) is a government-funded non-governmental organisation based in Dublin, Ireland that was formed to improve the human rights of Irish Travellers and to bridge the economic and social inequalities between Travellers and settled people. Irish Travellers are an ethnic minority group that originated from nomadic tradespeople. Travellers have suffered a long history of ethnic discrimination. Over time, the subsequent social prejudice and disparity between settled and Traveller educations has economically handicapped the community. Those early disadvantages have since manifested themselves into an elevated dependence on social welfare, a high risk of poverty, and a low life-expectancy for Travellers. To improve the living conditions of Travellers and to preserve their cultural identity, Pavee Point operates in the following areas: public education, capacity building, advocacy, youth programs, research and policy submissions. The organisation is permanently headquartered in Dublin, but regularly collaborates with other Traveller's rights groups throughout Ireland.

rdf:langString Promoting Travellers' Human Rights