Forced Marriage: A Civil Remedy?
The Scottish Government is seeking your views, through the questions included in this consultation document, on whether Scotland should introduce civil legislation on forced marriage.
Deadline: 27/03/08
a few links
New Scottish Parliament Inquiries
Inquiry Into Female Offenders Launched By Equal Opportunities Committee (18/12/08):
Can prison effectively treat and rehabilitate female offenders with mental health problems? This is just one of the questions the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee is seeking a response to as part of its inquiry into female offenders in the criminal justice system.
www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-08/ceq08-003.htm
Public Audit Committee Calls For Better Monitoring Of Free Personal And Nursing Care Costs (18/12/08):
The Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit Committee has called for better monitoring of the cost of free personal and nursing care in a report published today.
www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-08/cau08-002.htm
Children Targeted With Inquiry Launch Into Mental Health Services (02/12/08):
An inquiry into child and adolescent mental health services has been launched today by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee with a call for evidence.
http://digbig.com/4ybpc
Consultation On Disability-Related Discrimination
The Government is proposing to replace disability-related discrimination with the concept of indirect discrimination in the forthcoming Equality Bill.
A consultation on the proposal runs until 6 January 2009. A House of Lords judgement (Lewisham v Malcolm) made it more difficult for a disabled person to show that they had been discriminated against for a reason related to their disability (disability-related discrimination). In the context of preparing for the proposed Equality Bill, the Government has been considering whether it needs to take a different approach following that judgment.
Click here for consultation document: http://www.officefordisability.gov.uk/docs/indirect-discrimination.pdf
Click here for ‘Stopping discrimination. Easy Read report’ http://www.officefordisability.gov.uk/docs/indirect-discrimination-easy-read.pdf
Equality Bill in Queen’s Speech (Posted on: 03 December 2008 by the Equality and Diversity Forum)
[from Equality and Diversity Forum http://www.edf.org.uk/allposts.php?action=fullnews&id=1256]
“The Queen’s speech on 3 December 2008 included a commitment to introduce ‘a Bill to promote equality, fight discrimination and introduce transparency in the workplace to help address the difference in pay between men and women’. The Equality and Diversity Forum issued a press release welcoming the announcement.”
Read on for links to the speech, press releases, comments and further information: Continue reading ›
GWVSN 1st meeting of 2009
Wednesday 14th January, 10am to 12noon at the Pentagon Centre, Washington Street.
At the meeting there will be a report back from the recent Open Space event and identifying areas of work for the forthcoming year.
Travel expenses for anyone that needs them. Lunch, tea and coffee and biccies will be served.
More info from Lorna New, Information Development Worker, Wise Women on Tel: 0141 550 7557 or email lorna_wisewomen@hotmail.com
** Back in 2009 **
Hi folks - i’m off now until the end of December - so no more e-newsletters being sent out, or updates to the website, blog or events diary until the beginning of next year! Back to the usual Thursday mailings hopefully by the 8th January.