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Nottingham Council thinks pregnancy isn’t a protected characteristic but paternity is

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LoobiJee · 25/06/2022 13:58

Thought this might merit its own thread, for any Nottingham residents.

Nottingham Council’s EDI Strategy (pg 5) lists “maternity and paternity” as the protected characteristic instead of the actual EA2010 protected characteristic which is “pregnancy and maternity”.

www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/media/3374624/ncc-edi-strategy-2020-23.pdf

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oldwomanwhoruns · 25/06/2022 14:17

Off I go to check my own council's edi policies...
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EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 25/06/2022 14:13

There are several plausible explanations here.

  • Misunderstanding of the protected characteristics.
  • Yet another attempt to create the laws of the future world as some people wish it to be irrespective of the consequences of the world that we inhabit. (NB: yes, I am anticipating future harms from including paternity given the current context of the overturning of Roe v Wade elsewhere and Nadine Dorries' recent attempt to restrict access to abortion.)
JacquelinePot · 25/06/2022 14:13

Ffs! I'm so absolutely sick to death of organisations rewriting the law