Protected Characteristics E&D Committee Report
Disability
Disability report: Being disabled in Britain
Read the report
Download the full report, including easy read and Welsh language versions.
To find out more, follow the link below:
www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/disability-report-being-disabled-britain
Gender
Election 2017: Record number of female MPs
· 10 June 2017
· From the section Election 2017
Layla Moran, newly elected Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon
There are now 208 women in the Commons, up from 191 in 2015, as a result of Thursday's general election. This takes female representation in the Commons to a new high.
Overall 32% of MPs are women but there are significant variations between parties. For Labour the figure is 45%, and 21% for the Conservatives....
For many decades after women were first legally allowed to stand for election, female MPs made up less than 5% of the total.
This reached double digits for the first time under Margaret Thatcher in 1987, but shot up as a consequence of Labour's 1997 landslide, when Tony Blair's party increased its number of female MPs by 173%.
To find out more, follow the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40192060
Gender Reassignment/Transitioning
Lunchtime webinar: improving the experiences of trans staff and students
Introducing ECU's revised trans guidance
Dates:
Tuesday 27th June, 12.30 – 14.00
Thursday 29th June 12.30-14.00
Led by: Ellen Pugh, ECU’s Policy Programme Manager
The webinar will primarily focus on the following areas within ECU’s guidance:
· terminology, Law and our understanding of transition,
· staff and student expectations around titles and pronouns and the ability to change their name and gender on records systems
· key questions for ensuring confidentiality within records systems
· data collection in the context of different questions being asked by different sector agencies
Register your place
This webinar is open to staff and students in:
· subscribing higher education institutions (HEIs) in England and Northern Ireland
· HEIs in Scotland and Wales
· colleges in Scotland
You will need to register to take part in the webinar. Please fill out the form below.
http://www.ecu.ac.uk/events/lunchtime-webinar-improving-the-experiences-of-trans-staff-and-students/
Race
Africa's week in pictures: 2 June - 8 June 2017
9 June 2017
From the section Africa
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
To view more, follow the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40199274
Sexuality
Too young to remember the huge LGBTQ rally in America in 1993? Check out these 16 pics.
To view the rest, follow the link below:
http://www.upworthy.com/too-young-to-remember-the-huge-lgbtq-rally-of-1993-check-out-these-16-pics?c=upw1&u=94b5e70ad1ebcc06eca6465ccb7e7df2dcbc448c
Religion/Belief/Lack of Religion/Belief
JON HEUVEL June 8 2017, 12:01am,The Times
Greater awareness of Ramadan can prevent workplace disputes
Meals during Ramadan are restricted to the night and early morning NOAH SEELAM/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Based on the lunar cycle, the holy month of Ramadan — an important period of religious reflection and fasting for practising Muslims — began on Friday May 26 and ends on Saturday June 24. But what does it mean for employers and what provision should be made for staff?
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year, a time when practising Muslims are unable to consume food or drink during daylight hours, which in Britain can extend to about 18 hours a day. It is also a time for prayer and gatherings at dusk when families come together to take a light meal known as iftar, which translates literally as “break fast”. Only children under 12, pregnant women and those on medication are exempted from fasting...
To find out more, open the link below:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/greater-awareness-of-ramadan-can-prevent-workplace-disputes-6lv8p3kxt
Maternity and Pregnancy
Workplace maternity discrimination: 10 common scenarios in tribunals
By Stephen Simpson on 23 Aug 2016 in Case law, Maternity, Maternity & paternity, Pregnancy and maternity discrimination, Sex discrimination
The Citizens Advice Bureau reports that it has seen a 58% increase in the number of maternity leave queries in the last two years. What types of pregnancy and maternity discrimination claim commonly come before employment tribunals?
To find out more, open the link below:
http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/workplace-maternity-discrimination-10-common-scenarios-tribunals/
Marriage and Civil Partnership
British High Commission helps gay couples marry in Australia
Gay couples can't get married under Australian law, but hundreds of gay weddings have taken
place since 2014 using British law, with the help of the British High Commission.
A Christian lobby group has called for Britain to keep out of the country's long running debate on same-sex marriage.
· 27 April
· From the section Australia
To find out more, open the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-39724025/british-high-commission-helps-gay-couples-marry-in-australia
Age
The 81-year-old woman inspiring a nation to recycle
By Nidale Abou Mrad BBC World Service
· 8 June 2017
· From the section Magazine
An 81-year-old who set up an all-woman rubbish collection team in her village in Lebanon now has a stream of visitors asking how she did it. For nine months in 2015 and 2016 rubbish piled up on the streets of the capital, Beirut, and even now a lack of landfill sites means some of the city's waste is being thrown in the sea. Zeinab Mokalled has shown that when government fails, do-it-yourself local initiatives can work...
To find out more, open the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40191270
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