The phrase ‘check your privilege’ can sometimes cause a great deal of anger and has led commentators such as Louise Mensch and Dan Hodges to scornfully decry it as nonsense. However, the phrase was never designed to be an insult
It all started with a letter… the anonymous, undated letter entitled ‘Operation Trojan Horse’ first came to light in 2013, but didn’t hit the headlines until published in the Sunday Times in March this year. It was allegedly from an
It is without doubt that we all grow up in a society which, either consciously through our birth certificate or passport documentation, or subconsciously through the marketing of gender-specific toys and clothes, coerces us into identifying strictly as a female
On Wednesday, The Independent newspaper ran with the cover story that ChildLine has seen a 69% increase in young people contacting them because of racial bullying. The statistic comes from ChildLine’s report “Can I tell you something?” which provides a
Dear Sir/Madam, We understand that immigration is a live topic at the moment, it’s an issue which is having an effect in shaping Britain’s communities, UKIP is gaining a significant percentage of the vote on an anti-immigration ticket and the
Recent weeks have seen the publication of several reports which should make us all sit up and listen. Firstly, Girlguiding UK issued a report “Equality for Girls” which found that 75% of young women aged 11-21 believed that sexism affected
A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference on race equality in higher education, organised by the University of Hertfordshire. It was an opportunity for university lecturers, students, HR officers, trade unionists, and equality and diversity practitioners to get
This week, the Women and Equalities Minister, Jo Swinson, campaigned for female employees to ask their male colleagues how much they are paid, in a bid to reduce the gender pay gap in the UK. Having these open conversations about
On 6th September the long anticipated review of the public sector equality duty (PSED) was published. The review was commissioned by the government as part of the “Red Tape Challenge” with the objectives of assessing whether the PSED was achieving
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has repealed provisions within the Equality Act 2010 which make employers liable for the harassment of their staff by third parties. Currently, employers are required to take reasonably practicable steps to prevent the
Two Women, One Idea: “Do you know what? We should set up our own equality training and consultancy organisation.” Our jobs had seen us share hotel rooms in places as far apart as Glasgow and the Isle of Wight and