Sectoral guidance
This guidance relates the duty to specific sectors: central and local government, health, education, criminal justice, and the voluntary and community sector. There are separate documents for Scotland and England when required. Welsh sectoral guidance is awaiting finalisation of the Welsh specific duties and will be published in due course.
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Local government
English guidance
The gender equality duty and local government guidance is aimed at anyone working in local government in England:
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chief executives
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elected members
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service managers
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all council officers.
It provides advice on how to implement the gender equality duty in local authorities, demonstrates how the gender equality duty can help local authorities achieve their overall objectives, and gives some practical examples to illustrate how certain the duty can be met.
It sets out some of the major gender equality issues for local government in different service areas as well as in employment, looking particularly at the gender dimensions of key policy initiatives such as Every Child Matters, the Single Status Agreement and how it can help your CPA rating.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
Scottish guidance
The guide for local authorities in Scotland is the - GED Scottish Guidance for Local Government. To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
It provides information on gathering evidence, consulting stakeholders and conducting impact assessments, using impact assessments to set priorities and draw up a gender equality schemes, and monitoring and enforcement.
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Health
English guidance
The gender equality duty and health sectoral guidance outlines why gender matters in the health sector and illustrates how the gender equality duty relates to key health and health care policy frameworks and objectives.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
It also gives examples of how the duty may work in practice and includes lessons learned from health sector organisations who took part in the 2005 project to pilot the duty.
This guide is intended to be used by equality leaders, policy staff, planners and commissioners.
Scottish guidance
Sectoral guidance for NHS Scotland - was developed in partnership by EOC Scotland and NHS Scotland, through our joint ‘Fair For All – Gender’ project. It provides helpful information on meeting the duty for national, special and territorial NHS Scotland health boards.
It aims to be a clear, concise and practical tool for health board staff, focused mainly on service delivery.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
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Justice and the legal system
English guidance
Criminal justice is one of the most important institutions determining how fairly individuals are treated. Criminal justice systems operate within formal principles of equality, but they can also discriminate.
The English Guidance for Criminal Justice is currently being updated, this will be available on this page in the near future.
Scottish guidance
Guidance on criminal justice in Scotland and meeting the Gender Equality Duty are intended to help those working in criminal justice to meet the requirements of the duty. They explain what the GED is and how it is likely to affect the criminal justice sector; include examples of gender equality issues relevant for statutory agencies and public bodies in criminal justice; and provide examples of good practice.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
The duty applies to employment and pay practices affecting those working within the sector, and to the experiences of victims or witnesses, jurors or offenders withint he criminal justice system.
The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, based at Glasgow University, has produced web-based flow-charts to help those working in criminal justice meet the duty in relation to victims of crime and alleged offenders.
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The gender equality duty and schools pre-16 education providers
English guidance
This guidance is for governors, head teachers, teaching and support staff working in schools in England.
It provides practical advice on how to implement the gender equality duty in schools. It also demonstrates how the gender equality duty can help schools in achieving their overall objectives and gives some practical examples to illustrate how certain requirements under the duty may be met.
The guidance also sets out some of the major gender equality issues in education, and looks closely at the gender dimensions of key policy initiatives such as
Every Child Matters and the National Healthy Schools Programme.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
Scottish guidance
This guidance is intended to help people working in the pre-16 education sector in Scotland, including public sector nurseries, schools, education authorities and national bodies, to meet the requirements of the Gender Equality Duty.
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Sectoral guidance: GED and Further Education, Higher education and Post-18 Education
Here you fill find guidance on the Gender Equality Duty for Higher Education Institutions.
English guidance
This guidance is for Vice Chancellors, governing boards and senior managers working in universities across in England. It provides practical advice on how to implement the GED and highlights some of the key gender issues within the Higher Education sector.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
Scottish guidance
The GED requires Scottish colleges, universities and adult education bodies not just to eliminate the sex discrimination which we know still exists in our education system, but also to take steps to actively promote sex equality through the work that they do.
This guidance is intended to help people working in the post-16 education sector in Scotland, including Further Education (FE) colleges, Higher Education (HE) institutions and public sector community learning providers, to meet the requirements of the Gender Equality Duty (GED). It may also be useful to voluntary sector learning providers who wish to consider gender equality issues.
The guidance explains what the GED is and how it is likely to affect the post-16 sector in particular. It includes examples of gender equality issues which have particular relevance to this sector, and examples of developing good practice from within the sector in Scotland.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
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Sectoral Guidance: GED and the Voluntary and Community Sector
English guidance
This guidance is for voluntary and community sector professionals or volunteers in England who need to improve their understanding of the gender equality duty.
It gives advice on the kind of questions you can ask a public authority to find out how they are meeting the gender duty. It will also help you to decide whether you need to make any changes to your own service or employment practices in order to meet the duty.
The guidance sets out what the duty is, why it was introduced and to whom it applies. It explains the various ways in which the duty affects the voluntary and community sector.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
Scottish guidance
This guidance is for voluntary and community sector professionals or volunteers in Scotland who need to improve their understanding of the gender equality duty.
It gives advice on the kind of questions you can ask a public authority to find out how they are meeting the gender duty. It will also help you to decide whether you need to make any changes to your own service or employment practices in order to meet the duty.
The guidance sets out what the duty is, why it was introduced and to whom it applies. It explains the various ways in which the duty affects the voluntary and community sector.
To read this guidance please go to gender equality duty documents and scoll down to Sectoral guidance.
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