Justice 4 All Women & Children
| Founded | April 2015 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Laura Angela Collins, Mary Teresa Collins |
| Focus | Human rights |
| Location | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Method | education, advocacy, research, lobbying |
Key people | Laura Angela Collins, Mary Teresa Collins. |
| First Traveller Survivor lead organisation. | |
Justice 4 All Women & Children is an organisation for Irish Traveller survivors.[1] [2]
History[edit]
The grassroots of the organisation started within the late 90s when Mary Teresa Collins and her family attempted to gain justice through the child abuse inquiry (Ryan report). At the time Mary tried to get other institutions outside of the terms and reference included due to her own experiences and the evidence she had within her reports, however places such as the Magdalene laundry’s was not included.[3]
Based on exclusive terms of the child abuse commission. Mary found herself gagged, her abusers given legal protect based on unfair trails in which Micheál Martin deemed as a mistake.[4]
In 2009 Mary broke her gagging order and partook in the documentary called “The Forgotten Maggies”. These women was those who brought national and international attention onto the topic.[5]
Mary protested the streets of Ireland to see the 2013 apology, however when it was issued it was just issued to the living Magdalene women, excluding those like herself as a child vistor to the laundry and also her mother Angela Collins who was neglected to death within the Magdalene laundry, there was not even provide a minute’s silence for the life’s lost during the 2013 apology.[6]
Mary then applied to Cork City Council to have her mothers remains exhumed from the mass grave, the council responded in 2014 and stated although the family had already attempted to gain the permission of those who own the plot unless the permission is forth coming they will not be allowed to exhumed her. Mary had approached face to face meetings, wrote letters and emails and they was all being ignored by the Religious Sisters of Charity.[7]
Laura Angela Collins in April 2015 put together the Campaign “Justice 4 All Women & Children” which saw the Collins women in July 2015 arrange and hold their first Protest outside the entrance of the Dáil calling for a Government inquiry into unmarked graves home to hundreds of other women and children who suffered just like herself and mother from the Traveller [8][9]
In September 2015 Collins they arranged a protest in which three generations of Angela Collins's family was present on the day to deliver a letter to Minister, Frances Fitzgerald, calling for justice for the "forgotten families of the victims of institutional abuse." They were demanding the government fast track the redress scheme for aging survivors. They was also calling free legal aid for those taking a case to the Mother & Baby Homes Commission and for the state and Catholic Church to support and fund those who wish to remove the remains of their loved ones from mass graves.[10] Mary and her family in advance had arranged for a meeting with the Justice Department to attend and deliver a letter about her family’s struggle, but the doors was locked upon their arrival.[11]
In June 2017 they held another protest outside the Dáil calling for the truth to be established and the scope of the Mother and Baby Home Commission to be extended.[12]
They petitioned to ensure the government do not lock away the records of survivors from Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan report) for 75 years [13]
Organisational structure[edit]
Justice 4 All Women & Children is the first Grassroots Traveller survivor lead organisation chaired by Irish Traveller Survivor Mary Teresa Collins and 2nd generation Traveller survivor Laura Angela Collins.[14] [15]
Core activities[edit]
- The group want a apology and hope by drawing attention to the mass graves that other family members of the women buried there will come forward to claim their relatives.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Inspiring Winners of 9th Traveller Pride Awards Pavee Point". Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ Kelly, Emma O. (2019-05-30). "Ceremony celebrates contributions made by Travellers".
- ↑ O'Connell, Hugh. "Micheál Martin: 'I do feel a certain degree of guilt over Magdalene Laundries'". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ McGarry, Patsy. "Indemnity deal with congregations over redress was mistake, says Martin". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ "Shocking new documentary tells stories of four Irish women forced into Magdalene laundries". IrishCentral.com. 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ Team, TheJournal ie. "In full: Enda Kenny's State apology to the Magdalene women". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ Ward, James (2015-07-16). "'Give me back my mother's body': Woman whose mum was buried in Magdalene Laundry mass grave demands justice". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ "Survivors of Homes claim government is stalling". independent. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ↑ Editor, Website. "Lest we forget". Travellers Voice. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ↑ "Industrial school survivor slapped, kicked and 'forced to sleep with pigs for snoring'". independent. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ Ward, James (2015-09-27). "Department of Justice snubs daughter of tragic Magdalene victim". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ Finn, Christina. "'You weren't allowed touch your own baby - your own flesh and blood'". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ "Woman's petition to stop child abuse records being sealed for 75 years". Extra.ie. 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ↑ "Two Cork wins at Traveller Pride Awards". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ McGarry, Patsy; O'Riordan, Ellen. "Ireland's Got Talent finalist Sharyn Ward wins annual Traveller award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ↑ Barry, Aoife. "It came as a big shock to find my mother was being locked in and tortured like I was". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
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