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  • "Positive step for LGBT inclusion" as RSHE guidance published

    Stonewall and NAHT welcome guidance to help ensure children have the knowledge they need to grow up healthy, happy and safe

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK's first LGBTQ+ Founders' Trade Mission kicks off Americas-wide 'Love Is GREAT' campaign

    UK to host or participate in 29 equality awareness events to include Prides, film festivals, sport and LGBTQ+ tourism.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • EHRC - seeking new Wales Commissioner

    We are seeking applications from high calibre individuals for the vacant position of the Wales Commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New national strategy to tackle Gypsy, Roma and Traveller inequalities

    Communities Minister Lord Bourne launches a national strategy to tackle entrenched inequality and improve the lives of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ambassador Knott signs open letter on Equality Parade

    53 Ambassadors and representatives of international organisations in Poland signed an open letter on the occasion of Warsaw’s Equality Parade.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Queens of New Union exhibition presented in Warsaw

    The Queens of New Union exhibition by Paul Cliff will be presented as part of the Warsaw Equality Parade cultural programme.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Uruguay commemorates IDAHOBIT

    A message from Her Majesty's Ambassador to Uruguay, Ian Duddy, celebrating the 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UKAEA secures second Athena SWAN Bronze Award

    Second Athena SWAN Bronze Award as UKAEA sets sights on a more inclusive workplace

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  • Private sector employers report second year of gender pay gap data

    More than 8,000 private sector employers published their gender pay gap data by the reporting deadline last night (12am – Thursday 4 April).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Baroness Williams: LGBT Conference 2019 speech

    Minister for Equalities Baroness Williams speech at the LGBT Conference 2019

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government appoints first National Adviser for LGBT Health

    Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt has today appointed the first ever National Adviser for LGBT Health in the NHS, and Advisory Panel - fulfilling the Government’s commitment to improving lives as set out in th…

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New champions to fight for rights of disabled consumers

    Five new disability champions have been appointed by the government to ensure businesses are not forgetting about their disabled customers.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Alok Sharma: 'There is still an urgency for us to act' on women’s economic independence

    There are more women in work than ever before and the gender pay gap is at a record low, but that there is more to do to tackle employment inequality.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Andrea Leadsom at the APPG on Women in Parliament

    Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, spoke to the APPG on Women in Parliament, about progress to end bullying and harassment in Parliament.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government pilot to help parents and carers return to policing

    Police officers and police staff investigators who have left the force to start a family, or care for a relative or a friend, will be able to return to permanent jobs through a new project launched today (5th March) by Minis…

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Penny Mordaunt launches new funds to tackle period poverty globally

    Ahead of International Women’s Day, Minister for Women and Equalities and Secretary of State for International Development, Penny Mordaunt, will today (4 March) announce a new UK government campaign to break the silence and …

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Be the British High Commissioner or President of Malta for a day

    British High Commission and H.E. The President of Malta launch International Women's Day competition.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New guidance to help employers close gender pay gap

    Two new pieces of guidance published to help employers identify potential causes of the gender pay gap and develop an effective action plan to tackle it.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Nuclear employees WiN big at national diversity conference

    Employees from across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group were honoured at a national awards ceremony for their work in addressing gender imbalance and diversity in the nuclear industry.

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  • Mordaunt launches fund to help isolated and marginalised women return to work

    Victims of domestic abuse, homelessness or substance abuse, will be supported to return to work by a new government fund, launched today (7 Feb) by the Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government