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  • Enter our competition to be an Ambassador For A Day 2022

    The British Embassy in Luxembourg invites Luxembourg students aged 14 to 17 to enter a competition to be an Ambassador for a Day

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government launches pay transparency pilot to break down barriers for women

    Minister for Women launches initiatives to level up employment opportunities for women on International Women's Day

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • UK’s LGBT+ Rights Envoy visits Argentina

    Lord Nick Herbert visited Argentina to strengthen progress on global equality.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Applications invited for appointment to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is seeking to appoint a new Commissioner to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Australia: UK Government and Pride Cup together on LGBT+ inclusion in sport

    Pride Cup and the UK Government bring the Pride Cup Community Cricket Series inspired by the Ashes.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government sets clear ambition to close gender health gap

    The Vision for Women’s Health has been published, which sets out key government commitments on women’s health and inequality.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Consultation launched on disability workforce reporting

    The Minister for Disabled People launches a consultation on disability workforce reporting as part of the National Disability Strategy

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Invitation to Tender - Research on Women's Economic Empowerment in Japan

    The British Embassy Tokyo is looking for an organisation to undertake research on Women’s Economic Empowerment. The deadline for bids is 22 December 23:59 JST.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Letter to ministers on Public Sector Equality Duty assessments

    A letter to ministers from Kemi Badenoch MP, Minister for Equalities and Levelling Up Communities

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government extends consultation to help shape future Conversion Therapy legislation

    The Government has extended the consultation on legislation to ban Conversion Therapy by eight weeks, to ensure the widest possible views are taken into account, as part of shaping the legislation. This includes via the Easy…

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Minister calls for at risk groups to get booster jabs

    Crucial research into the disproportionate impact of Covid on ethnic minority groups helped shape the response to the pandemic and increase vaccine uptake in those communities, a report by the Minister for Equalities, Kemi …

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • UK supports gender-violence prevention projects in Guatemala

    As part of the 16 days of activism against gender violence, the British Embassy visited three of its projects in the country.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government meets businesses supporting LGBT people at work

    The Government’s LGBT Business Champion, Iain Anderson, is today [Thursday 18th November] hosting businesses and charities at the Manchester Science and Industry Museum to discuss LGBT inclusion in the workplace.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government progresses ban on LGBT Conversion Therapy

    Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, today (29 October) vowed to protect LGBT people, and especially under 18s, from harmful conversion therapies as she set out proposals to ban the practice.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • G7 Advisory Council sets out detailed vision for gender equality

    The Gender Equality Advisory Council sets out the scale of the challenge of making progress on gender equality in the age of COVID-19.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The role of women in managing climate change

    Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, speaks at The Energy Law Institute’s Annual Clifford Chance Lecture

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  • Race Disparity Unit commended for pandemic research

    The Cabinet Office’s Race Disparity Unit has been awarded an ONS Research Excellence Award at Research Capability 2021.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Birbalsingh to be appointed as chair of Social Mobility Commission

    With the government looking to level up every region of the UK, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, today (10th October) announced that Katharine Birbalsingh CBE is the preferred candidate for the role of Chair of …

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Iain Anderson appointed new LGBT Business Champion

    Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, has today (10th September) announced the appointment of Iain Anderson as the government’s new LGBT Business Champion.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government begins recruitment for new EHRC commissioner

    The Minister for Women and Equalities has today (23 July) begun recruitment for a new Wales Commissioner and a new board member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government