National Traveller Women's Forum

The National Traveller Women's Forum (NTWF) is an Irish network of traveller women and women's groups.[1] It is a member of the National Council of Women of Ireland,[2] a company limited by guarantee incorporated in 2002,[3] and a registered charity, RCN 20045364.[4]

The NTWF was founded in 1995 in order to advance "Traveller women's rights [as] human rights, equality, cultural recognition, solidarity, liberation, collective action, anti-sexism, anti-racism [and] self-etermination".[5]

The NTWF's vision is "Traveller Women have achieved full equality and their identity is celebrated."[6] It has worked in the fields including unemployment[7], accommodation,[8] and discrimination[9] and plans to work on supporting traveller women in prison.[10]

The NTWF's co-ordinator is Maria Joyce.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Traveller women". Women4Women. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "National Traveller Women's Forum". Our Members. National Women's Council of Ireland. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "National Traveller Women's Forum company limited by guarantee". Benefacts. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "National Traveller Women's Forum: Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20045364". Charities Regulator. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Reilly, Niamh (2005). "Women's Rights as Cultural Rights: The Case of the Irish Travellers" (PDF). Human Rights Dialogue Series 2, no. 12 Special edition on cultural rights. Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Aims & Objectives". National Traveller Women's Forum. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Kearns, David (19 June 2016). "Travellers call for national enterprise and jobs strategy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Kelly, Bridget; Joyce, Maria. "Presentation on Traveller accommodation to the Meeting of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government 8 th March 2018:" (PDF). National Traveller Women's Forum. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Submission to the Pre - Sessional Working Group of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (23 - 27 November 2015" (PDF). NTWF October 2015 1 National Traveller Women’s Forum. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Holland, Kitty (4 October 2017). "Just 9% of settled people would want a Traveller marrying into family". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Management and Staff". National Traveller Women's Forum. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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