1. Setting Equality Objectives Data Capture: Why, where, what, who and how? Brenda Weston (Policy and Research) Equality South West
2. “ An equal society recognises people’s different needs, situations and goals and removes the barriers that limit what people can do and be”. (The Equalities Review Final Report, Cabinet Office, 2007)
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Notas del editor
“ At a national and local level across all equality domains, equality information is particularly weak for equality relating to disability, sexual orientation and religion/belief.” There is no quantitative information on transgender GIRES (Gender Identity Research and Education Society) report: Prevalence (based on the number of people presenting for treatment) as at 2009 estimated at 20 per 100,000 with an expectation this will increase as people become more confident to present for treatment. (Gender Variance in the UK, Prevalence, Incidence, Growth and Geographic Distribution GIRE 2009 “ Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say”. (William W. Watt ) “ it would be easy to draw the wrong conclusions from an incomplete picture.” (IDeA: Measuring Equality at Local Level)
Due regard – explained The Equality Act 2010: The Public Sector Equality Duty – Reducing bureaucracy, March 2011.
The Equality Act 2010: The Public Sector Equality Duty – Reducing bureaucracy .
EHRC Triennial “State of the Nation” report an all equality strands, using ten ‘dimensions’ of equality. (1st report: ‘How Fair Is Britain’, plus summary http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/key-projects/how-fair-is-britain/ ) ‘ Hills Report’: An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK: Report of the National Equality Panel (January 2010). I nequalities in economic outcomes and differences related to protected characteristics http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/NEP%20Report%20bookmarkedfinal.pdf ‘ Marmot Review’ : Fair Society, Healthy Lives )February 2010). A Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010 http://www.marmotreview.org/AssetLibrary/pdfs/Reports/FairSocietyHealthyLives.pdf
Adults’, Children’s and Human Rights EMFs “ Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say”. (William W. Watt ) “ it would be easy to draw the wrong conclusions from an incomplete picture.” (IDeA: Measuring Equality at Local Level)
Based on human rights principles and encompasses public duties in relation to human rights. Improving Local Equality Data (ILED). Workshop on the Equality Measurement Framework (EMF), for project participants. Discovery, Dare to Dream and Down to Earth - important points, including: Discovery Equality is gradually becoming more mainstreamed, helped significantly by moves towards an outcomes approach and a customer focussed approach (where customers are seen as individuals) Local level data has helped demonstrate that interventions and / or concentrated strategies have improved outcomes for equality groups Dare to Dream Ideal if public bodies could make gathering equality information meaningful info to communities, and show citizens how it’s making a difference Helpful if public bodies could disseminate and sign-post workers to evidence that’s sharable Down to Earth Using contacts made at this event to share information and ideas – including survey questions already used and good practice on EQIAs Potentially using the EMF to frame data, to make easier comparisons across organisations, to prioritise issues, or as a conceptual tool
(eg: Women’s and BME focus groups (Somerset and Dorset); Pride Progress and Transformation survey, South West).
The ILED project workshops concluded that ideally they would “ (Use) contacts ... to share information and ideas – including survey questions already used and good practice on EQIAs.”
Single strand bodies Age UK; THT; (LGB); Runnymede Trust (BME); Fawcett Society (gender); GIRES (Transgender); RADAR (disability); Interfaith Network UK/ British Humanist Society (Religion and belief) ESW research Qualitative reports on experiences in the South West, including: age and diversity; gender; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender; race.
