Engendering Equalities
June 2011 - Minister for Equalities, Lynne Featherstone has issued a message stating the governments commitment to equality after concern from stakeholders at the inclusion of the Equality Act in the the Red Tape Challenge. Read the message from the Minister
May 2011 - T he government have launched an online public consultation which offers people the chance to determine which peices of legislation should be changed or be scrapped altogether. The 2010 Equality Act is on the site and the public are asked if the law should stay as it is or be 'srapped altogether'. This is a piece of legislation that protects us all from discrimination and to present it a piece of 'Red Tape' that is making life akward for us all is disingenuous. Please look at the site and vote to keep the Equality law. See Red Tape Challenge - Equalities
March 2011 - Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunity Committee vote against introducing specific duties for public bodies - see advice from EHRC
Government Equality Strategy - Dec 2010
The Coalition Government have published their Equality Strategy Read Building a Fairer Britain
Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act became law on 1st October 2010. Due to the review of some sections of the bill by the new coalition government, much of the equal pay proposals are not included, making it a much weaker piece of legislation than that initially introduced by Harriet Harman MP and passed by Parliament in April this year.
See the Equality Act here
Feb 2011 - Women's Engagement Newsletter -Government Equalities Office
HOW FAIR IS BRITAIN: The EHRC's first triennial review - Oct 2010
INFORMING EQUALITY - A RESOURCE DOCUMENT FOR SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICES IN WEST LOTHIAN
Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Misuse
By Niki Kandirikirira and Fiona Myers, 2010
WNC Spring Newsletter - April 2010
News from the EHRC - April 2010
Read the EHRCs Gender briefing for International Women's Day 2010
Engender has been involved in responding to the recent Discrimination Law Review. Read the review itself here.
Our first response was as part of the SCVO group
Click here to download document
View Engenders own response here
The Price of Ditching Multiculturalism - Read Deborah Orr's opinion piece which appeared in The Independent on March 12th 2008
Read the EHRC Business Plan 2008/09
EHRC Scotland welcomes Equality Impact Assessments on Single Outcome Agreements. See EHRC statement here
