The Centre for Human Rights in Practice has worked in partnership with Coventry Women’s Voices, Coventry Ethnic Minority Action Partnership and Foleshill Women’s Training to produce a new report: “Layers of Inequality: A Human Rights and Equality Impact Assessment of the Public Spending Cuts on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women in Coventry”

The report, which has been co-authored by Kalwinder Sandhu (Coventry Women’s Voices), Mary-Ann Stephenson (Coventry Women’s Voices and the Centre for Human Rights in Practice) and James Harrison (Centre Co-Director, Centre for Human Rights in Practice) will be officially launched on Monday 8 July 2013 at an event led by Marcia Jarrett (Coventry Ethnic Minority Action Partnership), report author Kindy Sandhu (Coventry Women’s Voices), Pragna Patel (Southall Black Sisters), Yvonne Mosquito (Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands) and Mary-Ann Stephenson (Coventry Women’s Voices and Centre for Human Rights in Practice)

Event Details

The report launch will take place between 9.30am and 11.30am on Monday 8 July 2013 at:

Herbert Gallery

Jordan Well, Coventry,

CV1 5QP

 All are welcome –but booking essential as places are limited. Please email v.kaur@cemap-coventry.org.uk to book a place.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice, School of Law, University of Warwick

together with Coventry Women’s Voices, Coventry Ethnic Minority Action Partnership and Foleshill Women’s Training

invite you to the launch of

Layers of Inequality:

A Human Rights and Equality Impact Assessment of the Public Spending Cuts on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women in Coventry

By Kalwinder Sandhu, Mary-Ann Stephenson and James Harrison

Monday 8 July 2013, 9.30 am – 11.30 am

Herbert Gallery

Jordan Well, Coventry,
CV1 5QP

How will the public spending cuts affect BAME women in Coventry? What are the potential impacts on equality and human rights of these cuts?

Chair: Marcia Jarrett - Coventry Ethnic Minority Action Partnership

Speakers:

Report author – Kindy Sandhu – Coventry Women’s Voices

Pragna Patel – Southall Black Sisters

Yvonne Mosquito – Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands

Mary-Ann Stephenson – Coventry Women’s Voices and Centre for Human Rights in Practice

All welcome –but booking essential as places are limited. Please email v.kaur@cemap-coventry.org.uk to book a place.

Mary-Ann Stephenson, CHRP Associate Fellow, has produced a toolkit for trade unions, voluntary organisations, community groups and others who want to assess the human rights and equality impact of the spending cuts on women in their communities. Although the toolkit focuses on women and the cuts, much of the information it contains can be used to look at the impact of the cuts on other groups. The toolkit is available here.

The toolkit is based upon the methodology employed by Ms Stephenson and Dr Harrison in their stury of the human rights and equality impact of the public spending cuts on women in Coventry. Information about that study is available here.