On Wednesday 23 April, the Sottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (Scotland) launched a set of resources to assist public authorities in undertaking robust and meaningful equality and human rights impact assessment processes. This was the culmination of 4 years of work which Dr James Harrison, co-director of the Centre, has been integrally involved in. Dr Harrison designed the 10 good practice building blocks for assessing impact which are at the heart of the resources. You can find the full set of resources, including the building blocks at http://www.scottishhumanrights.com/eqhria/ 

This work was supported by a steering group of members including, the Scottish Government, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), NHS Health Scotland, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, the Scottish Councils Equality Network, Police Scotland, the Scottish Prison Service, Audit Scotland, Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and others.​

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.

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.