Equinet study: ‘Making Europe more equal: A legal duty?’
6 January 2017
Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies, produced a study ‘Making Europe more equal: A legal duty?’ in December 2016.
Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies, produced a study ‘Making Europe more equal: A legal duty?’ in December 2016.
The House of Commons Select Committee on Women and Equalities (WESC) published a report on employment opportunities for Muslims in the UK in July 2016, making 17 recommendations to tackle disadvantage in this area. The Government responded in December 2016.
Equinet, the European Directory of Equality Bodies, produced a perspective ‘Innovating at the Intersections: Equality bodies tackling intersectional discrimination’ in November 2016. This Equinet Perspective aims to set out the contribution of equality bodies to intersectionality issues, as well as suggesting ways forward for further developing this work in the future.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission published a report, ‘Protecting human rights: key challenges for the UK’s third Universal Periodic Review’, in December 2016. This report sets out the ongoing human rights challenges in Great Britain across 12 different areas of life, including education, health and privacy.
The office of the Children’s Commissioner produced a report on the support provided to young carers in England in December 2016. The report highlighted that more than 160,000 children in England have formal caring responsibilities – and of these, 130,000 are missing out on support from local authorities.