Child poverty in the Gypsy and Traveller communities

01 Jan 2014

The 2012 Minister Working Group report on inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers (MWG) noted that these communities ‘experience, and are being held back by, some of the worst outcomes of any group, across a wide range of social indicators.’ 

These outcomes include: low educational attainment; health outcomes that are much poorer than the general population; high levels of homelessness; employment disadvantage; marginalization and experiences of hostility and discrimination.