April 7, 2020
A new and scary discrimination trend seems to be arising in Europe - and worldwide - fuelled by fear of contracting COVID-19 against those that are in the frontline of action. The daily lives of nurses, doctors and health care workers is increasingly being affected by discriminatory attitudes and harassment.
April 3, 2020
Three weeks ago, the European Commission released a Gender Equality Strategy, presented by the first ever Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli.
April 1, 2020
By Niklas Hofmann from the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (FADA) in Germany Things had been planned very differently, but that’s the way it goes in the age […]
March 30, 2020
I am writing this post as Chair of the Executive Board of Equinet, but also as Deputy Ombudswoman of Croatia, and as a woman and a mother, in these challenging times of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
November 5, 2019
Luxembourg, 24 October 2019. Equinet addresses the EU’s Council of Ministers responsible for employment and social policies for the first time, providing inputs to their discussions on EU equality legislation.
July 8, 2019
New York, 8 July 2019. It has been four years since the U.N. released the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an ambitious plan for global change divided in 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Every year, the progress made by governments to achieve the
SDGs is closely monitored at the UN High Level Political Forum
July 9, 2019
Equality
and non-discrimination are deeply embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
July 5, 2019
2019-07-05 The sub-group of the High Level Group on Anti-Discrimination, Equality and Diversity met on 18-19 June 2019 in Stockholm. The meeting was chaired by the […]
June 25, 2019
On 24 June, Unia published its annual report for the year 2018 giving a detailed analysis of progresses in the field of equality as well as new and remaining challenges.
June 24, 2019
independent equality bodies are key players in the achievement of equality and the fight against racism and intolerance. Equality bodies across Europe carefully document their work […]
June 24, 2019
Significant legal interventions across direct provision, disability rights and housing. 1,711 concerns raised by public to the Commission – disability discrimination remains the highest area of […]
June 19, 2019
2018 comprised a number of events related to equality and nondiscrimination that saw the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) in the forefront, making […]
June 19, 2019
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published it's new strategy for the next three years, laying out ambitious objectives to achieve in the field of equality in Great Britain.
June 7, 2019
The Danish Institute for Human Rights published a report on the labour market in Denmark, analysing how men and women experience discrimination when deciding to have children or taking parental leave.
June 5, 2019
On 21 May 2019, the Centre for Equal Treatment (CET) of Luxembourg published its Annual Report for the year 2018.