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Published: 10 May 2016
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today launched its Strategic Plan for 2016–19, setting out an ambitious programme to challenge discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and protect and promote human rights in Britain.
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Published: 10 May 2016
The Commission's comments on plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights.
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Published: 05 May 2016
The Commission welcomes Government announcement to make taxis accept and assist wheelchair users.
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Published: 29 Apr 2016
Gender segregation of school staff is totally unacceptable in modern Britain
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Published: 28 Apr 2016
Lord Chris Holmes comments on BBC’s new recruitment diversity targets
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Published: 26 Apr 2016
The Secretary of State and Minister for Women and Equalities’ have appointed David Isaac as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Dr Lesley Sawyers as the new Commissioner for Scotland.
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Published: 14 Apr 2016
The BBC’s failure to reflect all sections of society as it is required by its Charter, means that clear diversity targets should for the first time be part of the Charter, the Equality and Human Rights Commission will say today.
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Published: 05 Apr 2016
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is today calling for the Government to take urgent action as new research suggests more than three quarters of pregnant women and new mothers, the equivalent of 390,000 women, experience negative and potentially discriminatory treatment at work each year.
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Published: 05 Apr 2016
An ongoing culture of secrecy, poor access to specialist mental health services and a lack of high quality independent investigations has contributed to hundreds of non-natural deaths in detention, according to a new report by the Commission.
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Published: 05 Apr 2016
England's most disadvantaged groups have fallen further behind the rest of the population and risk being increasingly locked out of opportunities, according to a major new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
