On 4 March 2013, the Government announced a new network of ‘what works’ evidence centres at an event hosted at Nesta with ESRC, BIG Lottery, Cabinet Office and others.
On 1 March 2013 the Government announced it has no current plans to add caste to the definition of race in the Equality Act 2010.
On 28 February 2013, the Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013 became law.
On 13 March 2013, the EHRC intervened in a Judicial Review at the High Court into the abolition of the Independent Living Fund, a move which affects 20,000 disabled people.
In March 2013 the Department for Business, Skills and Innovation (BIS) published the results of the ‘Employer Perceptions and Impact of Employment Regulation’ study.
In December 2012, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief published a report focusing on the need to respect and protect freedom of religion or belief of persons belonging to religious minorities.
In March 2013, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a report on inequalities and multiple discrimination in access to and quality of healthcare.
In March 2013, the Refugee Council and Maternity Action published a report which looks at the experiences of pregnant women in the asylum system, based on interviews with asylum seeking women and midwives responsible for their care.
A Joseph Rowntree Foundation study published in February 2013 finds that poverty and low incomes prevent people from accessing potential housing options, and make others hard to sustain.
In December 2012 Equinet (The European Network of Equality Bodies) published the ‘Equality Law in Practice’ report.
