Consultation Responses and Parliamentary Briefings
Here we publish our responses to Scottish and UK Government consultations, and briefings we have prepared for parliamentarians in advance of debates or votes.
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Engender Parliamentary Briefing: An Implementation Plan for Economic Recovery
Aug 12, 2020: This is an Engender briefing for MSPs ahead of the Scottish Government debate on an Implementation Plan for Economic Recovery on 11th Agust 2020. Over the past six months Engender has sought to highlight the multitude of ways in which Covid-19 and our response to it will impact on women’s lives, rights and equality with men. We are especially cognisant of the mounting evidence around women’s rising economic inequality due to the pandemic and national and devolved response planning.
This parliamentary briefing calls on Scottish Government to go further to ensure that economic recovery also closes the gap between women and men. We urge Scottish Government to scale up its ambition and the necessary action to deliver a meaningful economic (and social) recovery for women that not only responds to the threat of deeper inequality as a result of Covid-19 but actively realises women’s economic rights and revalues women’s work.
Date of publication: August 2020.
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Engender Submission to the Scottish Parliament Equalities and Human Rights Committee on Bullying and Harassment of Young People
Feb 15, 2017: Engender welcomes this opportunity to submit our views to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee on bullying and harassment of children and young people, with a particular focus on sexism, sexual harassment and gender inequalities in the school system.
Sexist bullying and sexual harassment undermine the dignity and safety of girls and young women, negatively impacting on their views of themselves and their experience of and attainment in education. Sexist bullying and misogynistic behaviours and attitudes within schools also contribute to a culture that sustains and amplifies gender segregation and gender stereotyping, limiting equal opportunities and creating a conducive context for violence against women and girls in society as a whole.
Date of publication: October 2016.
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Engender Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Social Security in Scotland
Engender welcomes this opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on social security in Scotland.
Engender response to the Scottish Government consultation on A Human Rights Bill for Scotland
Engender welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland.
Gender Matters Manifesto: Twenty for 2016
This manifesto sets out measures that, with political will, can be taken over the next parliamentary term in pursuit of these goals.
What's Next? Women's Equality in Scotland 20 Years After the Beijing Platform for Action
It is twenty years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was negotiated at the fourth world conference on women convened by the United Nations in China.
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