Mae’r cyhoeddiad hwn yn rhan o ymdrech ehangach Llywodraeth Cymru i drechu tlodi ac anghydraddoldeb ac i liniaru effeithiau’r diwygiadau i’r system les.  Rwyf am glustnodi ychydig dan draean o’r arian hwn i ddatblygu gwasanaeth cynghori arbenigol ar wahaniaethu ar gyfer Cymru gyfan ac i ddysgu gwasanaethau cynghori mwy cyffredinol am faterion gwahaniaethu. Bydd hynny’n ein helpu i wneud yn siŵr bod camau’n cael eu cymryd i gefnogi amcan cyntaf y Cynllun Cydraddoldeb Strategol sef “Atgyfnerthu gwasanaethau cyngor, gwybodaeth ac eiriolaeth er mwyn helpu unigolion â nodweddion gwarchodedig ddeall ac arfer eu hawliau a gwneud dewisiadau hyddysg.”  Gwn fod grwpiau sydd â ‘nodweddion gwarchodedig’ yn fwy tebygol o fyw mewn tlodi ac o deimlo effeithiau’r newidiadau sydd wedi’u gwneud i’r system les.
This announcement forms part of the Welsh Government’s wider efforts to tackle poverty and inequality and to mitigate the negative impact of Welfare Reform.  I intend to set aside just under a third of this funding to support the development of a specialist discrimination advice service which has a Wales-wide reach and in order to raise the awareness of more generalist advice providers of discrimination issues. This will help ensure that we take action in relation to the Strategic Equality Plan’s first objective which is to “strengthen advice, information and advocacy services to help people with protected characteristics understand and exercise their rights and make informed choices.”  We know that particular groups with protected characteristics are more likely to be living in poverty and subject to the impact of Welfare Reform.