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Salvation Army welcomes partners in supporting slavery victims

13th September 202015th September 2020 Josie McFarlane 166 Views 0 Comments charities, communities, government, Modern Slavery, policies, Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is pleased to announce the appointment of the specialist partners which it will work with to manage

NHS pledges action to eliminate ethnicity pay gap

22nd November 201819th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 970 Views 0 Comments #Finances, BAME, black, community, Diversity, eliminate ethnicity pay gap, Employee rights, minorities, NHS, Pay, policies, staff

The NHS will work towards eliminating the ethnicity pay gap and ensuring top managers are as diverse as the staff

Parliament celebrates 70th anniversary of human rights declaration

19th November 201819th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 758 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

For Bame women, austerity is far from ‘coming to an end’ – this is what the Budget means for them

18th November 201816th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 790 Views 0 Comments benefits, black, Black Women, Budget, changes, community, financial crisis, government, policies, UK, universal credit, worse off

This was promised as the Budget that would end austerity. No 10 said this morning that “the austerity that followed the

Lagos lifts school hijab ban

14th November 201814th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 1042 Views 0 Comments Africa, Ban, community, education, Faith, government, Hijab, Laws, policies, Religion

Girls in the Nigerian state of Lagos are now allowed to wear a hijab to school, the authorities have said.

Should race count in university admissions?

6th November 20186th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 778 Views 0 Comments admissions, black, change, Diverse, education, Ethnic, factors, Harvard university, policies, Race, rejected, students, systems, UK, unfair, University, US

Harvard University this year turned down more than 95% of those who applied. But what is a “fair” system for

Britain in danger of becoming two-speed society with some groups excluded from prosperity and rights enjoyed by others

26th October 201826th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 1083 Views 0 Comments black, Britain, community, danger, EHRC, equality, ethnicity, gender, government, policies, Poverty, Society, split

Britain’s most at-risk groups of people are in danger of being forgotten and becoming trapped in disadvantage, Britain’s equality body