ethnic minorities

June 6, 2018

Women of colour overlooked in public services and policymaking, say MPs

A new report shows black and ethnic minority women to be overlooked by mental health and employment support services due to a lack of data on their experiences and their exclusion from policymaking.
August 16, 2017

Equality Commission calls for reduction of pay gaps in Scotland

All jobs should be advertised as available for flexible working, and greater effort placed on ending bias in recruitment, promotion and reward in a shake-up of culture and working practices to reduce pay gaps, the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland said yesterday.
June 18, 2017

Grenfell Tower tragedy throws a grim light on society’s values

The scale of the devastation caused by the Grenfell Tower fire is gradually emerging.
June 7, 2017

Violating human rights could worsen terrorism risk

Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister, has said she wants to bring in tough new measures in response to t
October 10, 2016

Huge disquiet as minority ethnic schoolchildren singled out

Some schools have demanded that pupils who are not white British bring in their passports and parents have been asked to confirm they are not asylum seek
September 8, 2014

Rotherham, ‘political correctness’ and child protection

There has been widespread anger since an inquiry revealed that at least 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham from 1997-2013. Yet many adults in Britain are still in denial about the extent and seriousness of child sexual abuse.
May 30, 2014

Major anti-racism march planned for Belfast

Plans for a major march against racism in Belfast have been announced by Amnesty International, the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities.
February 5, 2014

Mosque and church attacks harm Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan government minister GL Peiris has tried to justify a wave of attacks on churches and mosques, claiming that these were simply community reactions to unauthorised facilities. The state’s refusal to protect religious minorities further undermines human rights in Sri Lanka overall.