In July 2016, Fawcett Society launched the #Faceherfuture campaign which focuses on several key areas of risk for women; such as women’s representation, women’s rights, the economy and women’s safety.
In this July 2016 article for Politics.co.uk, Sam Smethers, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, argues that Brexit must not equate to a rollback of women’s rights.
Brexit is both a negative and positive for women engineers, says Dr Sarah Peers, Vice President of the Women’s Engineering Society, in July 2016.
Susan Millns from the University of Sussex asks in a 2016 article whether Brexit has different implications for women and men.
There is still a long way to go to ensure equality for transgender people, despite welcome progress, according to a parliamentary report published in January 2016. The Government responded and announced new measures in July 2016.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) reviewed the UK’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in May 2016 and published their report. UN CRC raised concerns and made recommendations on a number of children’s rights issues.
The Fundamental Rights Agency published their opinions from their 2016 report in June 2016. This short publication condenses FRA’s views on current challenges in the EU fundamental rights field, noting both progress made and persisting obstacles.
‘Creating more Equal Societies – What Works?’ was published by the European Commission in June 2016.
In June 2016, the European Commission published ‘Effective Roma integration measures in the Member States 2016’.
‘Fairness Commissions’ have been set up by London and a number of local authorities to look at how to improve equality in their areas.
