TVG employ two part-time Traveller Women's Awareness Workers (TWAWs): Maria Stokes (who covers Cork City) and Noreen O'Reilly (who covers Cork County). It is their role to support Traveller women to access domestic and sexual violence support services and information, and to work with support services to ensure that they meet the needs of Traveller women. Noreen and Maria have counterparts in different parts of the country, and are jointly supported and coordinated by Pavee Point and TVG.
Noreen and Maria meet regularly with related services such as rape crisis, sexual and gender-based violence centres, women's refuges, an Garda Siochana and local hosptials to build bridges between the Traveller community and the various resources available to them. We also recommend such services complete Traveller Cultural Awareness Training (TCAT) and Noreen and MAria work with such services and professionals to try to make each service more Traveller inclusive and culturally sensitive. If you would like to invite our workers to your service to speak with your staff please contact us.
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