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.
In March 2013, the Women’s Health and Equality Consortium (WHEC) published a briefing of the outcomes from its ‘Women’s Health, Women’s Voice’ local events.
‘The lies we tell ourselves: ending comfortable myths about poverty’ confronts the most common myths told about people who are in poverty or in receipt of benefits, and highlights some of the most abused statistics.
In March 2013 the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) published its report: ‘It happens here – Equipping the United Kingdom to fight modern day slavery’.
In 2013 the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) published the first EU-wide study on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). A public consultation on combating FGM ran until 30 May.
In February 2013 PICUM published ‘Children First and Foremost: A guide to realising the rights of children and families in an irregular migration situation’.
