Equality News

 

Call for anonymous CVs to stop job interview sexism and racism - 1st January Guardian

Government's ethnic minority taskforce due to report in new year on research that uncovered widespread discrimination – read more

 

Top schools could be labelled failures due to race rules – 2nd January Telegraph

Schools risk being branded inadequate by government inspectors for failing to promote race relations, gender equality and human rights – read more

They are right to ban the burka, even if it is for the wrong reasons – 8th January Independent

France’s call to abolish the Burka - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown comments on this – read more

John Denham: people from ethnic minorities no longer disadvantaged – 14th January Telegraph

People from ethnic minorities are no longer automatically disadvantaged in modern Britain, according to John Denham, the Communities Secretary – read more

Target class as well as race, says minister – 14th January Independent

Tackling discrimination and inequality must take account of the importance of social class in holding people back rather than simply concentrating on race stated by John Denham – read more

Make public bodies more diverse – 14th January Guardian

New research shows that public bodies are overwhelmingly male and white, as the government launches a campaign to make them more diverse and meet its own targets – read more

Changing the public sector face – 19th January Guardian

When the equality bill comes into force this spring all organisations will have an increased accountability regarding race, disability and gender – read more

Health trust boards are models of diversity – 27th January Guardian

The make-up of primary-care trust boards reveals the value they place on trustees with a high commitment to community service – read more

The Big Question: Why has the equality gap widened even through the years of plenty? – 28th January Independent

The National Equality Panel, an independent group of academics, recently published the most ambitious state-of-the-nation wealth assessment ever conducted – read more