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Mark
Mark R D Johnson
Emeritus Professor of Diversity in Health & Social Care
Mary Seacole Research Centre / CEEHD
De Montfort University Leicester LE1 9BH
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From: Research [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 30 June 2016 14:07
To: Research
Subject: EHRC RESEARCH DATABASE NEWSLETTER, June 2016
Dear Research Database Member
Welcome to the EHRC Research Database Newsletter. We hope that you found our most recent newsletter (March 2016) useful. If you did not receive this and would like to do so, please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Unless stated, all EHRC research reports can be downloaded from:
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They are also available from the Research Team on request.
Inquiries and related projects
Power to the Bump
The March newsletter discussed the research findings of the Equality and Human Rights Commission/Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report of its investigation into pregnancy discrimination and disadvantage in the workplace. The findings showed that young women are more likely to experience particular types of disadvantage and potential pregnancy and maternity related discrimination in the workplace:
· 10% of mothers under 25 reported they left their employers as a result of risks not being resolved compared with a 4% average.
· 25% of mothers who were under 25 reported experiencing a negative impact on their health and stress levels compared with a 15% average.
· 15% of mothers under 25 were discouraged from attending antenatal appointments compared with a 10% average.
In response to this, the EHRC launched Power to the Bump in May. This is a positive, light hearted campaign with a serious underlying message. We are encouraging women to all give ‘power to the bump’ during their pregnancy to make sure their health comes first during this important time. The campaign has been developed with input from young mothers and groups who represent mothers. The intention is to raise the profile of the importance of workplace rights regarding pregnancy and maternity to supporting positive mental and physical health. The ultimate aim is to ensure that organisations with a reach to young women, and a remit of health and wellbeing, embed the Power to the Bump messages into their sustainable materials.
Further information on the campaign can be found at https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/power-bump.
Please contact Rosie Wallbank ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) for further information.
Guide for company boards on business and human rights
The EHRC has published a new guide for company boards on business and human rights. This guide is for boards of UK companies. It sets out five steps that boards should follow to satisfy themselves that their companies identify, mitigate and report on the human rights impacts of their activities. These steps will also help boards to reflect their leadership and fiduciary duties.
This guide also provides advice on how boards can meet the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the global standard, which outlines the role of business and governments in respecting human rights. The Guiding Principles do not create any new international legal obligations on companies, but they can help boards to operate with respect for human rights and meet their legal responsibilities set out in domestic laws. They are also supported by the UK Government.
We have also produced a short animation to show some of the ways business can affect people’s human rights and explain what is expected in doing business with respect for human rights. This shows that UK companies not only need to pay close attention to their supply chains but also that businesses can affect people’s human rights in more subtle ways, at home and abroad. Companies with an online presence will need to make sure that they respect people’s right to privacy and uphold data protection laws, care home providers need to treat the people they look after with dignity and respect and all businesses have an obligation to ensure safe working conditions for their staff.
The guide can be found at: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/business-and-human-rights-five-step-guide-company-boards
The video is on the human rights and business home page at:
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/advice-and-guidance/human-rights-and-business
Please contact Mark Wright ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) for further information.
Ongoing and future research projects
An updated list of all ongoing EHRC research projects and their summaries is attached.
Equality reading lists
Since September 2009, each of these newsletters has included a reading list prepared by the EHRC's Librarian on a particular equality theme. The latest updated reading list covers equal pay/pay gaps, following earlier reading lists on access to civil justice, caste, children and young people's rights, disability, education, Equality Act 2010, equal pay/pay gaps, gender diversity in senior management and boards, good relations/social cohesion, health inequalities, human rights, race, religion or belief, older workers and older people, pregnancy and maternity discrimination, sex discrimination, sexual orientation, stop and search, trans, violence against women and vulnerable workers. All reading lists are available at:
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-research/reading-lists
In order to help us keep the reading lists up to date, it would be helpful if you could send information about relevant additional journal articles/book titles on these topics to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Expansion of the database
Due to very limited staff resources within the Research Team, we are now only very occasionally able to carry out direct large-scale attempts to recruit new members to the research database. In view of this, and if you find our newsletters useful, we would therefore be extremely grateful if you could help us by circulating this issue to your departmental/faculty/organisational colleagues, or to other groups or networks to which you belong.
Please ask anyone who is interested in coming on to the database to receive our newsletters in the future to contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. We are always delighted to recruit new database members!
But if you no longer wish to receive our newsletters, please let us know and we will delete you from the database.
With best wishes
Maxine Taylor
On behalf of the EHRC Research and Information Team
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