Inaccurate figures and a lack of sanctions risk making a “mockery” of the gender pay gap reporting system, critics have warned following an in-depth Guardian analysis of submissions.
Fife Contemporary – Fife Portraits for 2019 LGBT+ History Month
Visual art and craft organisation Fife Contemporary has given young photographers in Kirkcaldy and St Andrews the opportunity to work with professional artist Jannica Honey and make high quality work for an exhibition marking Scotland’s LGBT+ History Month
LGBT History Month – February 2019
LGBT History Month takes place all throughout February, every year.
Equality News Update: The Scotsman: Scotland’s main Highland Games body under pressure to offer transgender competitions
Scotland’s main Highland Games body, which has faced strong criticism over its lack of gender equality for female athletes, will today be under pressure to discuss including transgender non-binary categories in its events.
Equality News Update: The Guardian: Women win 12-year equal pay battle with Glasgow city council
Thousands of women council workers in Glasgow are set to receive payouts that unions estimate could reach more than £500m in total following the resolution of a 12-year equal pay battle.
Equality News Update: tes: Two-thirds of teachers have no recent LGBT training
Over two-thirds of teachers have had no recent training on LGBT+ issues, according to a survey, with teachers reporting that, as a result, discrimination often goes unchallenged in schools.
Equality News Update: Daily Record: Scotland’s inequality against women, ethnic minorities and the disabled ‘is not improving’
A state of the nation report shows women, ethnic minorities and the disabled are still getting a raw deal in Scotland. The authors of Is Scotland Fairer? – the country’s biggest study yet into equality and human rights - warn our nation’s inequalities aren’t going away.
Equality News Update: The Guardian: Watchdog supports end to delay in gender recognition decisions
Equality and Human Rights Commission at odds with women’s groups
Equality News Update: The National: Service launched to help young people report hate crimes
A CHARITY has launched a safe and anonymous way for young victims of hate crimes to report incidents.
Equality News Update: The Independent: Coca-Cola and Deloitte call for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Northern Ireland
Business leaders from international companies including Coca-Cola, Citi and Deloitte have called for gay marriage to be legalised in Northern Ireland.
Equality News Update: Glasgow Live: ‘New era in world sport’ – LGBT campaign launches for European Championships
Activists aim to ensure no one is left on the sidelines throughout Glasgow 2018.
Equality News Update: The Scotsman: Call to make parties publish number of women candidates to close gender gap
Campaigners have called on the government to mark the 90th anniversary of universal women’s suffrage by requiring all political parties to publish data on the proportion of women among their parliamentary and local government candidates.
Equality News Update: Fife Pride 2018!
Fife Pride delivered on being "bigger and better" than 2017! Another great year of celebrations and entertainment. A huge congratulations to all the volunteers, partners, organisations, groups and individuals on making the day such a success!
Equality News Update: The Herald: ‘Gay conversion therapies’ to be banned as part of equality plan
Controversial gay conversion therapies are to be banned under a new LGBT action plan outlined by the Government.
Equality News Update: The Scotsman: Legal threat looms over teachers not telling parents if pupil changes gender
The Scottish Government is facing a court challenge over schools guidance suggesting teachers need not tell parents if their child wants to change gender.