The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women released its concluding observations on the UK’s seventh periodic report on 26 July 2013.
Following a challenge to the ‘Go Home’ vans pilot, the Government confirmed that if any further such campaigns are planned, it would carry out a consultation.
In July 2013, the Government published a note setting out the timetable and process for the introduction of caste legislation.
In July 2013, ONS published data from the 2011 Census covering ‘Local Characteristics on Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion for Output Areas in England and Wales’.
’Legal capacity of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems’ was published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in July 2013.
In August 2013, the EHRC in Scotland released a report into inequalities in accessing Modern Apprenticeships, the Scottish Governments flagship training programme.
‘Ethnic Minority Businesses and Access to Finance’ was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government in July 2013.
In July 2013, the UN launched a 12-month public information campaign to raise awareness of homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination and to promote respect for the rights of LGBT people.
The Migration Observatory is making migration-related 2011 Census data available through a suite of outputs.
On 8 August 2013 the Migration Observatory published a new report on language used by the British press to describe migration.
