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This qualitative research examines good diversity and equality practice in the construction industry. It explores the benefits of implementing good diversity and equality practice in relation to race, gender, disability and age and presents a framework for action.
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See also: Inquiry into Race in the Construction Industry
This report sets out different concepts of IGE that have been used, reviews the historical uses of these concepts, and draws conclusions for the work of the Commission and Age Concern and Help the Aged.
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This report examines the impact of trigger events and lifetime experiences on inequalities and disadvantage in later life.
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This study investigated the trigger events and experiences throughout life that are associated with financial and social well-being at older ages.
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This report presents the key findings and insights of Just Ageing?, drawing on new research jointly commissioned by the Commission and the newly merged charity Age Concern and Help the Aged.
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This report examines who has assets and who does not and why this matters, both socially and financially. It proposes ways to increase asset-holding so that everyone in the UK, regardless of ethnicity, has a better chance of realising their aspirations.
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This paper outlines the ethnic composition of families in Britain today using the Labour Force Survey household data.
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This is the first annual report produced by the Commission to examine the nature and extent of existing measuring and publishing information on progress in closing the gender pay gap.
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This report is the result of a pilot project exploring how voluntary organisations that work in the equalities field are using human rights concepts, language and tools in their work
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The paper considers the perspectives and experiences of older LGB people and highlights the reasons why we should pay particular attention to their situation as users of health and social care.
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This paper was commissioned to explore the case for asking people about sexual orientation and the issues it raises, including how it might be framed more effectively, the importance of anonymity and confidentiality, the questions that work and how the information collected can be used.
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This paper was commissioned to provide an overview of the evidence and issues involved in furthering our understanding about sexual orientation disadvantage among young people.
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This report presents the findings from four pilot projects carried out by the Commission in different English regions between September 2009 and March 2010, exploring how personalisation is working in practice for four specific groups of people who use social care services.
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See also: Research report 67 Advocacy in social care for groups protected under equality legislation
Personalisation in the reform of social care: key messages
Report on life in Wales for people with mental health conditions, Gypsy Travellers, transgender people and asylum seekers and refugees.
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This report seeks to build upon the work of the National Equality Panel (NEP) and their report An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK (2010). The findings provide a Wales specific analysis or evidence base.
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