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Category: Equality

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report: Challenges Facing Civil Society Organisations Working on Human Rights in the EU

1 June 2018

Just as human rights need civil society, civil society organisations need their human rights to be protected to carry out their work.

This is from May 2018 report summary from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the different types of challenges faced by civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU.

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Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice policy paper: Education and Employment Strategy 2018

31 May 2018

Not only are many ex-offenders often unprepared for employment on release in terms of their skills and training, but there remains a stigma among some  employers about hiring people with a criminal conviction.

The ministry of Justice have launched a May 2018 strategy (pdf) to help adult prisoners develop their learning and skills and secure and sustain employment after they leave custody.

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Department for Education report: Transgender Awareness in Child and Family Social Work

28 May 2018

Some evidence suggests childhood gender dysphoria remains poorly understood by social workers. Correspondingly some studies describe parents and children often find themselves having to educate the professionals around them.

This is from the May 2019 report (pdf) from the Department for Education on the adequacy and consistency of knowledge on gender variance in social work training and continuous professional development.

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House of Commons Library research briefing: Brexit – Parliament’s Role in Approving and Implementing Agreements with the European Union

28 May 2018

There is no domestic legal or constitutional requirement for a vote to be held in Parliament to approve the Withdrawal Agreement before it is concluded by the UK and the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU).

This is from the May 2018 research briefing from the House of Commons Library on the role of parliament in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. 

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International Feminist Journal of Politics: Does European Union Studies Have a Gender Problem? Experiences From Studying Brexit

23 May 2018

The absence of feminist contributions helped to marginalize equality and fundamental rights in the accession agreements 10 years ago.

This is according to the May 2018 article by Roberta Guerrina et al. on the omission of gender in EU studies , which argues that this omission is being repeated today in debates and discussions around Brexit.

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