Category Archives: age equality

Equalities in the News – drip-drip, but is it enough?

Posted on May 30, 2012 by equalityedge

Let me start in my usual way, by describing the stimuli for this article and prepare you for the usual questions I am posing at the end of it. Yesterday I read with interest findings from a BBC research into … Continue reading →

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Creative Media – for or against discrimination?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by equalityedge

I was intrigued to hear Rowan Atkinson’s thoughts about how the creative industries are “inappropriate environments for anti-discrimination legislation”.  His comments came in a letter to Radio 4’s Media Show which had previously reported on Miriam O’Reilly’s victory against the BBC at a … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year – a question of age difference!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by equalityedge

Happy New Year to all my readers; thanks for your support in 2011. How many of us make a New Year’s Resolution? Many I suspect. What number keep them – not so many, I dare say. I certainly know that … Continue reading →

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Words Betray Attitudes – an insight into prejudice!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by equalityedge

David Cameron has been caught out twice in the past few months using inappropriate language towards women. He has, on both occasions, tried to minimise the affect of the comments, attempting to justify them and perhaps laugh them off. This … Continue reading →

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Abuse of Power – with a case study!

Posted on September 27, 2011 by equalityedge

I have been on the verge of writing a blog entry several times during the past few weeks and each time been put off from so doing, as I watched one story after another as breaking news, each one stimulating … Continue reading →

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Assumptions about Racial Characteristics – a recipe for prejudice

Posted on August 31, 2011 by equalityedge

“Is it wrong to note 100m winners are always black?” I start by saying that this is not my phrase, but the headline question of Matthew Syed, former UK professional table tennis player and now BBC journalist who also writes … Continue reading →

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Give Youth a Chance – don’t prejudge

Posted on July 7, 2011 by equalityedge

On reading an article in yesterday’s Guardian Online with the catchy title “Rising employment, flourishing businesses: why Camden is different” I noted how the writer, Councillor Sarah Hayward, Camden’s cabinet member for community, regeneration and equalities, explains that the 25,000 … Continue reading →

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Equalities – it’s just political correctness gone mad, or is it?

Posted on May 25, 2011 by equalityedge

On the radio yesterday morning there was a discussion of some interest about Health and Safety in the workplace. During the subsequent phone-in, I was hearing comments that remind me of many meetings with employers and small/medium business owners who … Continue reading →

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Difference vs Diversity – Impact?

Posted on October 22, 2010 by equalityedge

What is the impact of an individual’s difference compared to their diversity? This is question that is challenging my work at the moment. I do not want to minimise the importance of diversity, but am recognising more often that we … Continue reading →

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The Equality Act – friend or foe?

Posted on October 2, 2010 by equalityedge

The new legislation came into force this week and has been greeted with scepticism and misgivings. It is the latest in a long line of legal additions that have have been written to reduce discrimination in the workplace and beyond. … Continue reading →

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