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Putting Equality at the Heart of Government
The Government Equalities Office is a new self-standing Department, whose mission is to put equality at the heart of Government. The GEO is responsible for the Government’s overall strategy on equality, (including a new Equality Bill and Public Service Agreement) as well as leading on women’s issues across Government, and sponsoring the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Women’s National Commission. The GEO reports to the Ministers for Women and Equality, Harriet Harman and Barbara Follett
A Statement by the Minister for Women and Equality
On Thursday, June 26 the Minister for Women and Equality, the Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, made a statement to the House of Commons, repeated in the House of Lords by Baroness Andrews, setting out the main themes of the Equality Bill which will be introduced in Parliament in the next session.
On the same day the Government Equalities Office published Framework for a Fairer Future – the Equality Bill, which outlines the steps which will be taken to streamline and strengthen the law.
On July 21st the Government published a comprehensive document on the content of the Equality Bill which also summarises the responses we received to the Discrimination Law Review consultation held last year.
To read Framework For a Fairer Future click here [ PDF 1.04mb]
To read Framework For a Fairer Future as word document click here [Word 303kb]To read Framework For a Fairer Future, as a RTF document, click here [RTF 14Mb]
Easy Read and Welsh versions of this document are in preparation
Where We are Making a Difference
To your family
We are helping more people balance their work and home lives by making good quality, affordable, childcare available in every neighbourhood.
To your prospects
We are working to deliver on the Women and Work Commission recommendations.
To your pocket
We are working to reduce the pay gap between men's and women's earnings.
To your rights
Through legislation we are tackling discrimination.
To your society
We are ensuring that equality and opportunity for all are into all levels of our society.
We have introduced civil partnership and working on other issues relating to sexual orientation.
The new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will champion equality, diversity, and human rights as defining values of our society, encouraging all our institutions to operate for the benefit of every individual.
To your world
We are working to ensure UK interests are taken into account across Europe and around the world.
What's New
- Harriet Harman Strengthens Women's National Commission
- Sex Trafficking Changing Attitudes to Prostitution
- Closing the Gap: Women Take Part report
- Senior Stakeholder Group announced
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women and Social Enterprise report published
- Government Equalities Office Annual Report and Resource Accounts
- Women in Public Appointments reception
- Domestic Violence Factsheet published
- One Year On - progress report published
- Forced Marriage Unit Consultation on Statutory Guidance
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women Councillors Taskforce
- The Equality Bill - Government Response to the Consultation
- A letter to newspaper editors on breastfeeding by Parliamentary UnderSecretary Barbara Follett
- More diversity in public appointments
- UK present to UN on implementation of CEDAW
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Women Councillors Taskforce
- International Day Against Homophobia
- Tackling Violence Against Women: A Cross-Government Narrative
- Flexible working to help 4.5 million more parents
- Government Equalities Office Business Plan 2008 - 2009
- Publication of the Review of the Women's National Commission
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