June 09 Monitoring the impact of the recession on various demographic groups
EHRC and DWP reports on labour market outcomes for various demographic groups in the recession, looking at: age, gender, ethnic minorities, disabled people, lone parents, the lowest qualified and the most deprived.

10 June 09 Postcode lottery for victims of rape in England and Wales
Fawcett has obtained the latest available figures on rape conviction rates from the Government which demonstrate that the postcode lottery for victims of rape continues.

19 June 09 The Reflexive Generation: Young Professionals’ Perspectives on Work, Career and Gender A report by London Business School sponsored by KPMG, Accenture, IBM and others provides major insight into Y Gen's views on work, career and gender.

22 June 09 The Social Security (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Regulations 2009: Equality impact assessment This report assesses the impact on equality of regulations that amend various provisions in a number of social security benefits that are currently linked to female state pension age by references to age 60.

23 June 09 Think Fathers Summit
Ed Balls Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families is calls on individual employers to promote their own family friendly working practices..

24 June 09 A woman’s place is... in the council
There are not enough women in senior positions in local government and there are not enough women councillors.

29 Jun 09 Banning age discrimination: consultation launched
The Government Equalities Office is consulting on proposals for extending age discrimination, to ensure older people do not face unfair or substandard treatment when they are buying goods or using services.

July 09 Transgender Domestic Abuse Research
The LGBT Domestic Abuse Project and the Scottish Transgender Alliance are currently jointly carrying out a piece of research around transgender people's experience of domestic abuse.  You can complete the survey here.

01 Jul 09 Equality Bill - dual discrimination protection
The Government has proposed a new law to protect people who experience discrimination because of a combination of two characteristics, such as Black, and minority ethnic women or religious men.

02 July 09 New guidance issued as reports of forced marriage increase
Forced Marriage Unit guidance encourages front line workers to unite in action. Figures show a welcome increase in the number of people willing to come forward to seek protection from forced marriage.

07 July 2009 EHRC and Scottish Government to work together to deliver better policy for better lives The EHRC announced that it is carrying out an assessment into the extent to which the Scottish Government is meeting the public sector equality duties in the development and implementation of its policies and practices with a particular focus on equality impact assessment.

22 July 09 MPs to investigate sexism in City
The role of women in the City will be the subject of a new inquiry launched by the Treasury Committee.

23 Jul 2009  EHRC launches Equality Measurement Framework
The EMF will provide information for government and public bodies to inform policy, public services and campaigning priorities. It will also be a resource for journalists, voluntary sector groups and academics to find out more about the state of equality and human rights in .

29 July 09 Gender pay gap 'not being closed'
A lack of government action to tackle gender stereotypes in schools has contributed to women's pay failing to catch up with men's, according to a Women and Work Commission report.


Ongoing:   Women@Work Project, Network meetings throughout Highlands & Islands for details contact: womenatwork@weascotland.org.uk.

Ongoing:   Highlands & Islands Equality Forum training and awareness raising throughout Highlands and Islandsfor further details contact HIEF

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