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Published: 18 Jan 2023
New report from Scottish Funding Council and the Equality and Human Rights Commission pinpoints stubborn barriers to equality and sets national targets for tackling them.
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Published: 18 Jan 2023
Statement following confirmation that the Secretary of State for Scotland will make an order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998, preventing the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from proceeding to Royal Assent.
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Published: 05 Oct 2022
We've written to the Scottish and UK governments to set out implications of the proposed legislation for operating the Equality Act.
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Published: 04 Apr 2022
A practical guide to the law in relation to single-sex spaces has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) today. The guidance helps service providers to make lawful decisions about any services they offer to women and men separately, by explaining the permitted sex and gender reassignment exceptions in the Equality Act 2010.
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Published: 04 Apr 2022
As the statutory regulator charged with upholding equality and human rights laws and standards, we protect all people in Britain against discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. It is an important part of our role to explain how the law works in practice.
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Published: 10 Aug 2020
A majority of the public view transphobia as wrong according to the latest figures from a survey we commissioned.
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Published: 08 Mar 2019
Our study into the experiences of Scottish local elections candidates has revealed a clear lack of diversity among councillors.
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Published: 25 Oct 2018
Some of Scotland’s poorest and most disadvantaged communities risk falling even further behind, a new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission warns today.
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Published: 31 May 2018
We issued a statement in support of the launch of Lord Bracadale’s review of hate crime legislation in Scotland
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Published: 06 Jul 2017
Our response to the findings of the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee report into prejudice-based bullying and harassment of children and young people in schools.
