Introduction The Equality Act 2006 placed a duty Is Wales Fairer? on the Commission to report regularly on the extent to which equality and In assessing whether is fairer we human rights are improving in Britain. have found that compared to five years ago: In October 2015 we published Is Britain Fairer? our report on progress since There are a few improvements, for 2010. In preparing the report, evidence example, a reduction in hostility was gathered and analysed across 10 towards lesbian, gay and bisexual areas: education; standard of living; people. productive and valued activities; health; In areas of life such as education life; physical security; legal security; and employment significant individual, family and social life; identity, inequalities remain between expression and self-respect; and different groups of people. participation, influence and voice. people are significantly worse For each of these a detailed evidence off in many ways including income, paper was published at the same time as employment, poverty, housing and Is Britain Fairer?. These can be found access to mental health services. on our website and include Wales data. When deciding what to include from the evidence papers we used three criteria: Key challenges Our analysis has identified seven key the degree to which there has been challenges that need to be addressed change over time. in Wales over the next five years. the extent to a specific group These are major, entrenched was affected. inequalities and human rights abuses that will require substantial efforts of the scale of impact on life chances. public, private and third-sector organisations and of Is Wales Fairer? provides a short individuals to reduce them. summary of evidence for Wales and, based on this evidence, the We encourage everyone who to key challenges that require action make Wales a fairer country to respond to the key challenges. here.
Introduction The Equality Act 2006 placed a duty on the Commission to report regularly on the extent to which equality and human rights are improving in Britain. In October 2015 we published Is Britain Fairer? our report on progress since 2010. In preparing the report, evidence was gathered and analysed across 10 areas: education; standard of living; productive and valued activities; health; life; physical security; legal security; individual, family and social life; identity, expression and self-respect; and participation, influence and voice. For each of these a detailed evidence paper was published at the same time as Is Britain Fairer?. These can be found on our website and include Wales data. When deciding what to include from the evidence papers we used three criteria: the degree to which there has been change over time. the extent to a specific group was affected. the scale of impact on life chances. Is Wales Fairer? provides a short summary of evidence for Wales and, based on this evidence, the key challenges that require action here. Is Wales Fairer? In assessing whether is fairer we have found that compared to five years ago: There are a few improvements, for example, a reduction in hostility towards lesbian, gay and bisexual people. In areas of life such as education and employment significant inequalities remain between different groups of people. people are significantly worse off in many ways including income, employment, poverty, housing and access to mental health services. Key challenges Our analysis has identified seven key challenges that need to be addressed in Wales over the next five years. These are major, entrenched inequalities and human rights abuses that will require substantial efforts of public, private and third-sector organisations and of individuals to reduce them. We encourage everyone who to make Wales a fairer country to respond to the key challenges.
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