Equal Second Round Startup Event

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Equal Second Round Start-up Event

• Equal Opportunities Workshop
• Permjeet Panesar

2
Putting Equality and Diversity Strategies into
Action

• Improve understanding of the law relating to
  equality of opportunity and discrimination
• Understand the impact of equality and diversity,
  and implications in practice and policy
  development

3
Theory into Practice

• More than 30 years of anti-discrimination
  legislation
• Scarman and MacPherson Inquiries
• Research and thematic probing
• Public duty
• European legislation

4
Institutional Discrimination

• The MacPherson Inquiry emphasised the need to
  integrate equality and diversity into
  organisational structures and systems
• Examine, understand and address the impact of
  practice and institutional arrangements that may
  inadvertently and subconsciously discriminate and
  disadvantage particular groups

5
New Public Duties

• The Race Relations Act as amended is the
  legislative response to institutional
  discrimination
• Equality-specific considerations taken into every
  aspect of policy-making, service delivery and
  employment practice promoting long lasting
  changes not simply balancing statistics.

6
Policy Consideration and Analysis

• Develop systematic approach to obtaining facts
  before identifying actions
• Establish facts what is the baseline
• Consult priorities which major functions,
  services and policies have the most potential
  impact on equality
• Assess how policies affect different groups
• Identify key desired outcomes make clear
  intentions internally and externally
• Develop action plans and capacity to make it
  happen
• Publish results

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Equality and diversity policies for overall
organisational impact

• A legal duty to promote equality of opportunity
• Creating appropriate institutional arrangements
• Awareness raising policy and risks
• Training
• Expertise
• Reporting mechanisms
• Commitment to and allocation of resources and
  responsibility