How did we get to 2014 and still on marriage certificates in England & Wales the names & occupations of the father of the bride and groom are requested and expected but the name and occupation of the mother of the bride and groom are not allowed to be recorded.
Shocking shocking sexism that has persisted for years.
Civil servants are citing cost as a reason.
The public sector Equality Duty came into force across Great Britain on 5 April 2011. It means that public bodies have to consider all individuals when carrying out their day-to-day work – in shaping policy, in delivering services and in relation to their own employees.
It also requires that public bodies:
have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and
advance equality of opportunity.
In fact according to my FOI request a different electronic system is used for civil partnerships.
If this was used then the only costs would be printing new marriage certificate stock.
Nearly 25,000 people have signed a campaign calling for this to change.
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To think there is no excuse for mothers names not being on marriage certificates when fathers names are requested?
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nameequality · 01/05/2014 17:51
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