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People urged to share ‘foodless selfies’ for religious minorities denied COVID aid

1st July 202030th June 2020 Josie McFarlane 285 Views 0 Comments awareness, charity, community, Coronavirus, COVID19, food, minorities, Poverty, project, religious, Selfies

People are being urged to share selfies of their dinner plates with their local MP. Not the usual “camera eats first” shot, but an empty dinner

Coronavirus Lifestyle News

police forces are rushing to adopt AI without consultation or ethical safeguards

11th May 202011th May 2020 Josie McFarlane 913 Views 0 Comments AI, BAME, black, BME, Diversity, ethics, minorities, police, Racism

Police forces risk undermining policing-by-consent and their relations with ethnic minority communities, a report warns, as new FOIs reveal only

Church of England’s first black woman bishop calls for more minority leaders

2nd July 20192nd July 2019 Josie McFarlane 691 Views 0 Comments Black Bishop, church leaders, Church news, church of England, ethnicity, Faith leaders, minorities

The leadership of the Church of England needs to better reflect the minorities who make up its congregations, the UK’s

Record ethnic minority students at Oxford

10th June 201910th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 702 Views 0 Comments black, education, ethnicity, minorities, Oxford, students, University

Oxford University’s latest admissions figures show the highest ever proportion of places for ethnic minority students – at 18%. There

Health Lifestyle

Risk of diabetes higher in South Asian and black people in UK

6th May 20193rd May 2019 Josie McFarlane 1398 Views 0 Comments Asian, black, Blood sugar, community, Diabetes, health, minorities, UK

In the UK the risk of diabetes is three to five times higher in South Asian and black people. In

Parliament celebrates 70th anniversary of human rights declaration

19th November 201819th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 784 Views 0 Comments BAME, civil society, community, disability, Ethnic, EU, government, Human Rights weeks, Laws, minorities, parliament, policies, white

The European Parliament will host a Human Rights Week from 19 to 23 November to mark the 70th anniversary of

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Facebook to stop tools that filter adverts by ethnicity

14th August 201814th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 995 Views 0 Comments advertising platform, AGO, Asian, black, Bob Ferguson, Ethnic, Facebook, Fair Housing Act of 1968, illegal, minorities, minority ethnic, ProPublica, religious, Social Media, third-party companies, unfair, unlawful discrimination, wrong

Facebook has signed an agreement to stop third-party companies from being able to block certain ethnic or religious minorities and