On 3rd November, Bristol Fawcett Society launched their report "Cutting Women Out in Bristol". It captures the extent of the public sector spending cuts and their equality & human rights impact on women in Bristol. You can find a copy of the report and executive summary here.

The Report is inspired by, and draws extensively on the Centre for Human Rights in Practice's report "Unravelling Equality" which considers the human rights and equality impact of the spending cuts on women in Coventry. You can find more information about the the report, its impact and a copy of the report and executive summary here.

James Harrison, Centre co-director, has been commissioned by the Officer of the High Commission for Human Rights to produce a Fact Sheet on human rights, trade and investment.

The Fact Sheet aims to raise awareness on the human rights considerations and implications of trade and investment. The target audience of the Fact Sheet includes trade lawyers and diplomants, human rights practitioners, and civil society.

The publication will draw from the work of OHCHR and will feature boxes illustrating relevant cases and examples.

James Harrison, Centre Co-Director, and Mary-Ann Stephenson, Associate Fellow of the Centre, presented the findings of the "Unravelling Equality Report" to a meeting of Coventry City Councillors at the Council House on Wednesday 7 September.

Councillors were particularly interested in the findings in relation to the combined impact of the cuts on particularly vulnerable groups such as lone parents and women victims of violence. There was general agreement that an inter-agency approach was necessary to deal with such issues as often cuts from many different agencies (e.g. national and local government, police, the NHS etc.) were often affecting the same individuals.

To access the Unravelling Equality Report and Executive Summary please click here.