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Examining Equality in West Yorkshire: Challenges and Community Perspectives

This document explores the pressing issues of equality within West Yorkshire as discussed by the Racial Justice Network. It highlights various aspects of equality, including age, race, gender identity, and disability, focusing on the importance of outreach, specialist services, and accountability in policy-making. The discussion covers the impact of the Public Sector Equality Duty, employment disparities affecting BME communities, and the potential risks of current legislation, such as the Immigration Bill on local communities. Engaging insights aim to foster dialogue and change within the region.

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Examining Equality in West Yorkshire: Challenges and Community Perspectives

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  1. What’s happening to equality? West Yorkshire Racial Justice Network Arwa Almari – arwa@racialjusticenetwork.co.uk 4th March 2014

  2. Equality of who? • age • being or becoming a transsexual person • being married or in a civil partnership • being pregnant or having a child • disability • race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin • religion, belief or lack of religion/belief • sex • sexual orientation

  3. Why is equality important? • Outreach • Specialist services • Challenge disadvantaging policy

  4. Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) & Red Tape Challenge • Review of PSED, concerns over the process. • Is Equality Red Tape? • Loss of political leadership on Equality • The employment rate for young black men is 50%8. • Research by the Runnymede Trust identifies that BME female employment is also adversely affected.

  5. Localism • Accountability • Strategic decision making • Resources and Support

  6. The Big Society • Already done by Equality-based VCOs. • Voice and involvement • Recognise specialist infrastructure • Fair funding • Fair commissioning • Value specialist public service delivery

  7. Immigration Bill

  8. Prevent – Active in Yorkshire • A strand of anti-terror legislation • Runs the risk of criminalising whole communities • Twitter storm on 3rd March #SignsOfARadicalBaby • Universities

  9. Gypsy & Traveller Housing • Wakefield • Shipley & Baildon • York

  10. www.racialjusticenetwork.co.uk

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