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Theme : equality
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Is there always a T in equality?
Reading Salon.com over the weekend I came across an interesting pair of articles, about the imminent passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) the first American federal gay civil rights legislation. It looks that for ENDA to be passed, proposed protection for gender identity will have to be removed and so only cover sexual orientation. In effect, this means that transgendered people will not be covered by the legislation.This has provoked a debate amongst activists as to whether...
from : faizalfarook
18th October 2007
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A lot done, a lot to do
As the CRE winds down, the new mega equalities commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) prepares to take up its role as custodian of the race equality agenda. This agenda will share space in the CEHR with the territory previously covered by the Equal Opportiunities Commission and the Disability Rights Commission.Not surprisingly, each of the disappearing commissions is concerned that its aims are given proper (and equal) importance under the new umbrella. But it is fair to say that the...
from : peterharrington
20th September 2007
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labourers of love
New EOC polling warns of a "caring time bomb" as poor pay and staff turnover undermine the female-dominated caring professions. EOC chairman Jenny Watson said: "It is time for us all to challenge our outdated perceptions of female-dominated roles. It is shocking that we still expect women who work in caring roles to work more for love than money."
from : hannahgreen
31st May 2007
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Fight fight make things right
Will Davies writes with news of the latest Google hack designed to allow think tank researchers to waste their time in new and creative ways.Googlefight allows you to enter two search terms and let them battle it out, with the winner decided by the number of Google hits.Will nobly acknowledges that IPPR vs Demos results in a humiliatingly one-sided victory for the yellow corner, and we ignobly refuse to acknowledge that being the plural of "demo" might do us a few favours.The seething mob here...
from : pauljoseph
2nd March 2005
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free2pee
The BBC's website, OUCH, has more information on the 'October revolution' and what it means for disabled people.
from : sarahgillinson
1st October 2004
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Ain't disablism the same as racism?
Disabled people's negative freedoms are infringed every day. Disability Awareness in Action notes on its 'violations database' that since 1990, 682 disabled people have lost their lives because of disablism in the UK. That is, they have been deliberately killed just because they were a disabled person. Discrimination is not restricted to 'full participation in society'. Equally, members of the ethnic minority community are still disproportionately represented in the job market - their positive...
from : sarahgillinson
8th September 2004
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The Right Prescription?
The occupational segregation debate familiar to gender equality campaigners and experts everywhere took a new twist this morning with a front page story in the Independent about the 'medical timebomb' about to drop as a result of the feminisation of medicine. President of the Royal College of Physicians Carole Black gave an interview in which she warned that the profession risks losing its influence into the future as women continue to out-number their male counter-parts (60% of current...
from : alistairdavidson
2nd August 2004
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Undercover racism?
On one hand, for this man, the liberal line was the necessary window dressing that shielded him from breaking laws against 'inciting racial hatred' and kept him in step with accepted social norms. But limiting what he said did nothing to change his behaviour and even got rid of outward warning signals of his prejudice. It also prevented 'reasoned debate' on the issues. Score one for freedom of speech.But on the other, what the documentary clearly illustrated to me was that if inflamatory...
from : sarahgillinson
16th July 2004
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Daddy's girl...
I caught the end of the Wimbledon women's final on Saturday. On winning, Maria Sharapova burst into tears before leaping over the wall of the court to battle through to her father, to the delight of a sympathetic crowd. Subsequently, the trophy ceremony was put on hold while she stood on centre court, trying to ring her mother in America on a temperamental mobile phone.This all started me thinking... Would you ever see similar scenes after the men's final? My guess is that we wouldn't, nor - I...
from : alistairdavidson
5th July 2004
