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EHRC consulting on their stategic plan 2022-25 deadline 30 Sept.

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Imnobody4 · 18/08/2021 18:59

Just that really, haven't had time to look closely

Through the consultation process we aim to:

• hear a wide range of views
• make sure stakeholders’ needs are considered
• make sure our work is heading in the right direction
• increase awareness of our work and role
• fulfil our duty under the Equality Act 2006

www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/our-strategic-plan-2022-2025-have-your-say?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Orlo&s=09

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helpmewithdrawgracefully · 30/09/2021 23:41

@Cailin66

Why is Mr. Boo taking over from the Baroness as Head of the EHRC? She was only appointed last year.
Marcial Boo is the Chief Executive Officer but he reports to a board of Commissioners. She is senior to him.

I used to work for Marcial Boo way before 2015. He was a thoroughly nice and fair chap. I'll be interested to see what happens next.

EmbarrassingAdmissions · 30/09/2021 23:37

I did mine by 29 Sept but it was a tedious process given the lack of correlation to the protected characteristics.

BettyFilous · 30/09/2021 23:36

Thanks for the reminder.

OvaHere · 30/09/2021 23:11

Thanks for the reminder. Submitted a response. Was going to be quick but I had more to say than I realised about all sorts of things.

FemaleAndLearning · 30/09/2021 22:02

I've done a quick submission, I hope it makes sense.

TrainedByCats · 30/09/2021 20:52

Closes just before midnight tonight, even a quick submission is better than nothing

Articus · 30/09/2021 20:22

Just a few hours left

NonnyMouse1337 · 29/09/2021 14:10

For Women Scotland have published their submission, which you can use for inspiration if needed. Tomorrow is the last day!

forwomen.scot/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EHRC-Draft-Strategic-Plan-Consultation-FWS-submission-29Sep2021.pdf

oldwomanwhoruns · 27/09/2021 18:00

Only 3 days left to do this.
Just done mine. As said above, the free-text fields will only take 50 words Angry
But I didn't hit a limit on the single-line boxes Grin

Manderleyagain · 21/09/2021 17:16

This sounds important.

highame · 21/09/2021 15:59

Just a bump to remind myself

ValancyRedfern · 07/09/2021 20:03

Thanks for the heads up. On my to do list.

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Imnobody4 · 07/09/2021 18:51

JustWaking
Not sure if this is of any relevance at all but here's a link to list of all their research reports.

www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-research/list-all-our-research-reports
This is the actual framework for data collection
webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170207051047/https:/www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-measurement-framework
It replaced earlier version.
www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/measurement-framework-equality-and-human-rights

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JustWaking · 07/09/2021 12:44

A question about the EHRC: years ago (maybe 15 or 20 years ago - eek!) I read a report they produced (maybe annually?) which tried to analyse how much different groups were discriminated against (including intersections of characteristics) based on things like level of pay for a given education level.

I seem to remember that Asian women were the most discriminated against group at the time, and mothers were pretty high up the list too.

I've looked for updated versions of that report on and off since then, but haven't been able to find it.

Does anyone know what the report is, whether it's still compiled, and where I can find it? Thanks!

NonnyMouse1337 · 07/09/2021 11:33

Ah yes ... Helps to actually read the info on the website. 😅😅
Thanks for explaining that Imnobody4.

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Imnobody4 · 07/09/2021 10:53

My understanding is the Baroness is in charge of strategy, direction priorities etc as Chair of the Board and the CEO carries out on the ground.

www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/who-we-are/our-commissioners-committees-and-governance
The Board has a strategic oversight role. (This is chaired by Baroness Falkner). It does not directly manage our operations, but delegates that role to the CEO and our staff. It holds the CEO and the staff to account by monitoring performance against our strategic priorities and ensuring that resources are being used to good effect.

The Board meets around ten times a year with a mix of strategic and governance meetings, and we publishminutes of recent Board meetings.

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NonnyMouse1337 · 07/09/2021 10:02

@Cailin66

Why is Mr. Boo taking over from the Baroness as Head of the EHRC? She was only appointed last year.
I think the Baroness will still be the chairwoman but the new guy will be the head. No idea what the difference in roles, responsibilities and accountability between them will be to be honest.

If anyone has any info on the organisational structure of EHRC, including their commissions for Scotland and Wales, do tell us. I've found it confusing. Smile

Cailin66 · 07/09/2021 09:17

Why is Mr. Boo taking over from the Baroness as Head of the EHRC? She was only appointed last year.

NonnyMouse1337 · 07/09/2021 07:49

@pollypocketlover

I just did it. I found it quite hard to fill out actually, since their proposed priorities are so specific and don't specifically mention any of the protected groups.
Thanks pollypocketlover - are you able to summarise what the proposed priorities are?

I'll need to have a proper read of their proposals next week.

pollypocketlover · 06/09/2021 18:16

I just did it. I found it quite hard to fill out actually, since their proposed priorities are so specific and don't specifically mention any of the protected groups.

oldwomanwhoruns · 06/09/2021 15:17

Reminding myself to do this Smile

Articus · 05/09/2021 13:05

Bump! Place marking for later!

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Imnobody4 · 05/09/2021 12:56

This is interesting - it's from the Telegraph originally but behind a paywall.
uk.newschant.com/politics/equality-regulators-staff-given-impartiality-training-as-part-of-overhaul/amp/

Really think this is an organisation that's now listening.

The coaching is known to have been championed by Baroness Falkner of Margravine, who took over as EHRC chairman final year and was described by Liz Truss, the equalities minister, as “ready to challenge dangerous groupthink”.

A supply briefed on the periods mentioned they had been supposed to make sure that staff “do not adopt the political positions of activists and lobby groups”. The coaching was performed internally by EHRC staff.

The disclosure comes weeks after Lady Falkner instructed The Telegraph that she needed the regulator to reveal that “we are the equality body for everyone”, as she admitted that it had beforehand been seen to have “got lost in … rabbit holes that are quite esoteric”.

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Sophoclesthefox · 04/09/2021 20:20

Posting to,remind me to do this. Important to let them know how much women appreciated them having the courage to intervene in the Forstater case, and that we want to see more of that.

NonnyMouse1337 · 04/09/2021 18:37

I've not come across anything yet. Usually the various groups don't have much time to put out notes or guidance beforehand as there's enough work to do writing up their own submission.

It might be helpful if anyone here has a bit of time to read through the proposals published by EHRC and summarise it here so that we can collectively raise points and ideas that might help in writing something up.