What we do

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is responsible for equality strategy and legislation across government. We work to take action on the government’s commitment to remove barriers to equality and help to build a fairer society, leading on issues relating to women, sexual orientation and transgender equality.

GEO works with the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

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We work on these topics

  1. Equality, rights and citizenship

    The government is working to make Britain a fair, free and democratic society open to those who are willing to contribute to British life. Read more

Our policies

  1. Creating a fairer and more equal society

    Improving equality and reducing discrimination and disadvantage for all at work, in public and political life, and in people’s life chances.

  2. Promoting human rights internationally

    Promoting human rights, and political and economic freedom around the world.

See all our policies

Documents

Our announcements

  1. Planning a same sex wedding from 29 March – what you need to know

    • 12 March 2014
    • News story

  2. Helen Grant's intro to Women's Engagement Newsletter, February 2014

    • 28 February 2014
    • News story

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Consultation on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales

    • 23 January 2014
    • Open consultation

  2. Equal pay audits: a further consultation

    • 23 May 2013
    • Closed consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. CAPE: Behaviour Change (‘Nudge’) Insights in Equalities Policy

    • 27 February 2014
    • Independent report

  2. Political Life: Disabled People’s Stories

    • 3 February 2014
    • Policy paper

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Factsheet: Voluntary gender equality reporting

    • 14 September 2011
    • Statistics

  2. Experiences of and barriers to participation in public and political life for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

    • 1 December 2010
    • Statistics - national statistics

See all our statistics

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Government Equalities Office

100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ

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