POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Jul 15, 2019

Sexual harassment at work: consultation

Do the current laws on this issue provide the protections they are supposed to? Sexual harassment has been against the law for decades, and strong, clear laws against it are set out in the Equality Act 2010. Sexual harassment can include sexual comments or jokes; physical behaviour, including unwelcome sexual advances, touching and various forms of sexual assault; displaying pictures, photos or drawings of a sexual nature; and sending emails with a sexual content. The law says it is sexual...

POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Jul 12, 2019

Your right to ask aims to save lives

You have the right to ask the police if you think your partner or a friend’s might be dangerous. The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme – known as Clare’s Law – is intended to provide information that could protect someone from being attacked. The aim of the scheme is to give members of the public a formal way to ask the police about an individual who they are in a relationship with or who is in a relationship with someone they know, if they are concerned that that...

POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Jun 12, 2018

Does your council say gender instead of sex

Sex is a protected characteristic. Not gender: sex. Two different things. The Equality Act (2010) identifies 9 protected characteristics. They are: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sex and sexual orientation. These protected characteristics exist to ensure that everyone is treated equally and fairly and to guard against discrimination. It is important that these protected characteristics are correctly...