By Sarah Soyei On 26th January Sir Michael Wilshaw announced that school inspectors will be allowed to rate schools as “inadequate” if pupils or staff are wearing veils and this “is clearly hindering communication and effective teaching.” Marking a whole
Some of the most common questions that are expressed when we are delivering training about the Equality Act 2010 are worries about how to balance rights around religion and sexual orientation. A typical question is: “when rights collide, which one
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
The last week has seen the subject of workplace diversity hit the headlines again. Sunday Morning Live ran a debate entitled “Should recruitment be based on diversity, rather than ability?” and Lady Justice Hale, the only woman in the supreme
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