Statement
Commission comments on Women and Equalities Committee Report
Last updated: 2 September 2016
Deputy Chair Caroline Waters comments on the Government Women and Equalities Committee recommendations to improve access to justice
Statement
Joint statement: the UK's human rights and equality bodies on Brexit
Last updated: 20 June 2018
A joint statement from the UK’s four statutory bodies for human rights and equality, clarifying their position on Brexit.
Parliamentary briefing
Black history and cultural diversity in the curriculum
Last updated: 16 November 2020
On 18 November 2020, the House of Commons held an oral evidence session in response to petitions to include Britain’s colonial history in the UK’s compulsory curriculum.
Statement
Commission agrees that MPs should be allowed to breastfeed in the House of Commons
Last updated: 22 July 2016
Rebecca Hilsenrath comments on MPs breastfeeding in the House of Commons
News
Disabled people’s rights to independent living eroded, equality bodies warn UN
Last updated: 23 August 2017
As health and social care budgets are slashed, disabled people’s right to independent living is being continually eroded, the UK’s equality and human...
Publication
Impact: Effective and efficient use of our powers from 2016 to 2018
Last updated: 8 October 2018
This short report sets out our major achievements from 2016 to 2018.
News
Disability progress ‘littered with missed opportunities and failures’
Last updated: 10 April 2017
Progress towards real equality for disabled people over the past twenty years is insufficient and 'littered with missed opportunities and failures'.
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Being disabled in Britain: a journey less equal (2017)
Last updated: 3 April 2017
This is a review into disability inequality in Great Britain. It builds on our statutory five-yearly report on equality and human rights progress in England, Scotland and Wales, Is Britain Fairer?.
News
Commission calls for a full-scale review of the UK’s hate crime strategy
Last updated: 12 July 2016
A full-scale review of the UK’s hate crime laws and strategies is needed as part of a new national drive to defeat the dramatic rise in race hate...
News
Britain’s leading employers unite to end pregnancy discrimination in workplaces
Last updated: 20 May 2021
The country’s biggest businesses are leading the fight against pregnancy and maternity discrimination that affects around 390,000 pregnant women and...