On 4th and 5th November 2013, co-director of the Centre and Academic Lead on Global Governance, James Harrison, spoke at the Austrian Scientific Foundation for International Developments (ÖFSE) in Vienna. His keynote presentation was on Human Rights Impact Assessment: Potential and Challenges in the Development Context and can be viewed on the ÖFSE’s website. He also delivered a second presentation named Human Rights Impact Assessments of Free Trade Agreements: What is the State of the Art?

These talks drew extensively upon previous published work by James.

Read our recently launched database of resources on the impact of the cuts which aims to assist groups across the country who want to demonstrate what the cuts are doing to their communities.

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.