Equality and Human Rights Commission

This page sets out the Commission's approach to the public sector equality duty in Wales and our work with partners to make the most of this powerful new opportunity to promote equality.

The duty will assist public authorities to address inequalities and contribute towards a fairer society. The Commission in Wales is helping public authorities to use the duty as a way of achieving better outcomes for everyone.

Our strategy for the year ahead has three key elements:

1. Guiding

• Providing authoritative and accessible guidance
• Highlighting the critical equality and good relations challenges from our evidence - including How fair is Wales? and our Inquiry report on disability harassment

2. Encouraging

• Demonstrating how the equality duty can deliver better outcomes
• Highlighting and sharing good practice, particularly through our Equality Exchange network
• Helping the voluntary sector to see the potential of the equality duty to improve public services
• Working with regulators to encourage them to incorporate equality, good relations and human rights into their work and inspection processes

3. Monitoring

• Undertaking targeted monitoring projects within particular sectors and/or on particular issues
• Sharing trends and emerging issues with government and other partners