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• Sex and Power: 5,400 women missing from top jobs

  17 August 2011

  A new report, published  by the Commission, shows a continuing trend of women being passed over for top jobs in Britain. More than 5,400 women are missing from Britain’s 26,000 most powerful posts.

• Commission supports myth-busting human rights

  17 August 2011

  The Commission has today (17 August 2011) written to the Prime Minister to say it will "help to dispel myths that may have built up" about human rights and to help crime victims understand their human rights.

• Commission says information privacy laws are flawed

  15 August 2011

  Our report shows current privacy law is failing to stop breaches of personal data privacy and is not keeping pace with the rapid growth in personal data collection.

• EHRC statement on human rights and satellite TV

  05 August 2011

  EHRC response to comments made by Housing and Planning Minister Grant Shapps about human rights in social housing,

• Staff reductions at the Equality and Human Rights Commission

  03 August 2011

  Contrary to media reports today, staff numbers at the Commission have been reduced since the last election falling from 488 in May 2010 to 426 by July this year.

• Commission launches human rights resource for public sector

  01 August 2011

  The Commission has launched a new online resource about human rights to help public sector bodies in England and Wales and organisations carrying out public functions and advocacy.