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• Scotland’s Equality and Human Rights Report Card: “Good progress, work still to do.”

  Last updated: Array 20 Jan 2016

  Scotland’s biggest ever study into equality and human rights- published today by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) - has revealed mixed results that show improvement for some, but many others are at risk of being left behind. The report find ...

• Commission responds to new report on Transgender equality

  Last updated: Array 14 Jan 2016

  Following the publication of a new report on Transgender equality by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, Jackie Driver, Lead Director for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said: “We ...

• Commission warns Trade Union Bill could breach people’s human rights

  Last updated: Array 11 Jan 2016

  Following an analysis of the Trade Union Bill, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has advised Parliament that a number of measures in the Bill may breach the right to strike. Article 11 of the Human Rights Act gives everyone the right to form and jo ...

• Commission calls for end to gender injustice for women

  Last updated: Array 30 Dec 2015

  Great Britain is still many years away from achieving gender equality; according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission as it calls for action to ensure fairness for women. The Commission’s assessment of equality and human rights in Great Britain sho ...

• Commission comments on new report on ethnic minority employment gap

  Last updated: Array 28 Dec 2015

  Commenting in response to a new report by the Resolution Foundation, which reveals that ethnic minority groups have significantly lower employment rates overall across the UK, Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission ...

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