EHRC announcement on the future of the Disability Committee
13 March 2014
On 26 February 2014, the EHRC announced that the Disability Committee will end as a formal statutory committee in 2017.
On 26 February 2014, the EHRC announced that the Disability Committee will end as a formal statutory committee in 2017.
On Saturday 8 March 2014, to coincide with International Women’s Day, the government published an updated violence against women and girls action plan.
A report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) presents results from the world’s biggest-ever survey on violence against women, revealing the extent of abuse suffered by women at home, work, in public and online.
‘The Stephen Lawrence independent review. Possible corruption and the role of undercover policing in the Stephen Lawrence case’ was published by the Government on 6 March 2014.
‘Scottish Government Equality Outcomes: Ethnicity Evidence Review’ was published on 7 March 2014.
‘Human Rights Act: proposals for reform – Commons Library Standard Note’ by Joanna Dawson, was published on 17 February 2014.
This report ‘paints a stark picture of Wales. One that shows women are largely missing from the decision-making tables across most areas of our daily life’.
On the occasion of the 2014 European Equal Pay Day, the European Commission published a brochure ‘Tackling the gender pay gap in the European Union’.
A report to the Government Equalities Office examining behaviour change insights to improve equalities policy outcomes was published in February 2014.
‘Your Services Your Say – LGB&T People’s Experiences of Public Services in Scotland’ was published by Stonewall Scotland in February 2014.