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Useful lessons learned from LGBT history

Published: 07 Feb 2019

Our Chair David Isaac explores the lessons we can learn from LGBT history.

Help with discrimination in work

Last updated: 13 Feb 2019

Advice for advisers on discrimination at work.

Help with discrimination in housing

Last updated: 13 Feb 2019

A toolkit for advisers on housing discrimination.

Help with discrimination in housing and at work

Published: 11 Feb 2019

What are we doing to help people who have experienced discrimination get justice?

Diversity of candidates and elected officials in Great Britain

First Published: 08 Mar 2019

This report looks at the quality of the available data on the diversity of candidates and elected officials at UK, national and local election levels. It aims to identify where there are data gaps and limitations.

Legal aid for victims of discrimination

Our inquiry looked at whether legal aid enables people who raise a discrimination complaint in England and Wales to get justice.

How our new Conservative government can make Britain fairer

Published: 13 Dec 2019

David Isaac welcomes the new Conservative Government and asks them take ten steps to help create a fairer and more equal Britain.

Fair growth: How can we ensure more opportunity for more people?

Published: 17 Dec 2019

Caroline Waters discusses how local leaders have an opportunity to shape the economic futures of their own areas.

Sexual orientation discrimination

Last updated: 11 Oct 2016

What is sexual orientation discrimination? We explain its definition, areas covered and what constitutes discrimination.

Your rights under the Equality Act 2010

Last updated: 19 Feb 2020

The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and/or victimisation. The information on the Your Rights pages is here to help you understand if you have been treated unlawfully.

Research report 19: The equality implications of being a migrant in Britain

First Published: 30 Mar 2016

This report looks at what equality means for migrants in Britain.

Collecting information on gender identity

First Published: 28 May 2012

The aim of this guide is to help public authorities subject to the equality duty, and those thinking about or currently monitoring gender identity, to do so using an acceptable and methodologically robust approach

Human rights review (2012)

First Published: 01 Mar 2012

This review looks at how well Britain is meeting its human rights obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights and our own Human Rights Act.

Reporting hate crime

Last updated: 19 Jun 2017

What is a hate crime and how can you report it? It covers hate crimes related to race, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity.

Research report 101: Prejudice and unlawful behaviour, exploring levers for change

First Published: 29 Jul 2016

Report looking at the relationship between prejudice and behaviours, unlawful discrimination, identity-based harassment and violence in England, Scotland and Wales.

Research report 102: Causes and motivations of hate crime

First Published: 29 Jul 2016

Report on hate crime in Great Britain, what causes it, motivations and what we know about who commits it.

Response to Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry on Hate Crime and its violent consequences

Last updated: 15 Nov 2016

Response to Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry on Hate Crime and its violent consequences

Research report 1: Review of equality statistics

First Published: 01 Oct 2008

This report examines the availability of data for key equality strands, different levels of geographic classification and the ten equality measurement framework domains.

Research report 10: Equality group inequalities in education, employment and earnings

First Published: 01 Oct 2008

Report looking at the relationship between education, employment, income, social class and inequalities around 4 protected characteristics: gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation.

Research report 14: Pay gaps across the equality strands

First Published: 01 Apr 2009

This report looks at research on pay gaps (the difference in average pay for different groups of people) from 2000 to 2009. It aims to find any gaps in data and look at important issues where more research is needed.