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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said while progress has been made, it is concerning that measures to identify victims of trafficking are not being implemented quickly enough, and there are not enough services to support victims. Reporter Una Kelly tells us more.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has expressed grave concern over a decision by the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to sign an order commencing legislation allowing for naturalised Irish citizenship to be revoked in serious cases. It's Chief Commissioner Liam Herrick
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has expressed grave concern over a decision by the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to sign an order commencing legislation allowing for naturalised Irish citizenship to be revoked in serious cases. It's Chief Commissioner Liam Herrick
We are delighted to welcome the team behind Autism Congress on the SENDcast. In this special episode of the SENDcast, Dale Pickles discusses the upcoming Autism Europe International Congress 11-13th September in Dublin. The event team join Dale including Adam Harris, Peter Vermeulen and Zsuzsanna Szilvasy. They highlight that the Congress aims to create an inclusive space for autistic advocates, family members, and professionals to address common barriers faced by the autistic community. Now its 14th event, the theme this year is “quality of life” with discussions on topics ranging from mental health to advocacy - guided by a scientific committee featuring some of Europe's leading autism experts. The event emphasises co-creation, involving both autistic and non-autistic perspectives, and aims to provide practical takeaways for attendees. The Congress will utilise new translation technology to ensure accessibility for an international audience. The SENDcast is a proud media partner for the event and we will be exhibiting as B Squared - make sure you pop by to say hi! Why attend? “The Congress aims to create a collaborative space for autistic advocates, family members, and professionals to address common barriers faced by the autistic community across Europe and beyond." - Adam Harris Register before 16th May to take advantage of the discounted early registration fee! https://autismcongress2025.org/registration/ About Adam Harris Adam Harris is the Founder and CEO of AsIAm, Ireland's Autism Charity. Adam founded AsIAm based on his own experiences growing up as an Autistic person in Ireland. In addition to his leadership at AsIAm, Adam was appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in July 2020 and serves as a Executive Council Member for Autism Europe. He is a Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Awardee and has sat on and advised many government consultative and policy committees on disability rights and inclusion, which have helped shape national policies for a more inclusive society. A passionate public speaker and advocate, Adam regularly contributes to media and conferences in Ireland and overseas, engaging with government and the public to promote greater understanding and acceptance of Autistic individuals. His work has positioned AsIAm as a cornerstone of autism advocacy in Ireland, driven by his belief that Ireland must become a country in which every Autistic person is accepted "as they are" - equal, valued and respected. Contact Adam Harris https://www.facebook.com/AsIAmIreland https://www.instagram.com/asiamireland?igsh=MTNhbDhsbWYzNWNuZA== https://x.com/AsIAmIreland admin@asiam.ie https://www.asiam.ie About Zsuzsanna Szilvasy Ms. Szilvasy has been involved in autism organisations, both on national (in Hungary) and at the international level, for the past fifteen years. She is the former president of the Autism Europe, led the association for 8 years. In these years she was working with WHO as an autism expert and promoted the right of autistic people all over the world, including in the UN. Zsuzsanna is also the former president of the Hungarian Autistic Society, she got this position for four years and has played a key role in advocating for the rights of people with autism in Hungary. During her presidency the state implemented a National Autism Strategy. Ms. Szilvasy is the founder & CEO of Mars Autism Foundation in Hungary. The Foundation is supporting families with autistic family member in many ways (trainings, advocacy, awareness raising materials and programmes). Contact Zsuzsanna Szilvasy https://www.facebook.com/autismeurope.AE/ https://www.instagram.com/autismeurope/ zsuzsanna.szilvasy@gmail.com https://www.autismeurope.org/ About Peter Vermeulen Dr. Peter Vermeulen, PhD in Psychology and Clinical Educational Sciences, has more than 35 years of experience in the field of autism. Founder of “Autism in Context”, where autism is understood in context. Peter is an internationally respected lecturer/trainer and he presents all over the world. Peter spoke at every Autism Europe Congress since 1992 (this year it will his 11th time speaking for AE). Peter wrote more than 20 books and several articles on autism, translated into more than 10 languages In 2019, Peter received the Passwerk Life Time Achievement Award for his more than 30 years contribution to the autism community in Belgium. Contact Peter Vermeulen https://www.facebook.com/autismincontext https://www.instagram.com/autismincontext?igsh=MXJqa21idXV0MDIxdg== info@petervermeulen.be https://petervermeulen.be/ B Squared Website – www.bsquared.co.uk Meeting with Dale to find out about B Squared - https://calendly.com/b-squared-team/overview-of-b-squared-sendcast Email Dale – dale@bsquared.co.uk Subscribe to the SENDcast - https://www.thesendcast.com/subscribe The SENDcast is powered by B Squared We have been involved with Special Educational Needs for over 25 years, helping show the small steps of progress pupils with SEND make. B Squared has worked with thousands of schools, we understand the challenges professionals working in SEND face. We wanted a way to support these hardworking professionals - which is why we launched The SENDcast! Click the button below to find out more about how B Squared can help improve assessment for pupils with SEND in your school.
Only half of fathers take paternity leave. That's according to a new report from The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Institute. Speaking to Shane this morning was Dr Claire Keane, Associate Research Professor with ESRI & Co-Author of the report.
Only half of fathers take paternity leave. That's according to a new report from The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Institute. Speaking to Shane this morning was Dr Claire Keane, Associate Research Professor with ESRI & Co-Author of the report.
It's been well documented how much of this week was chaotic in the Dáil.A motion of no confidence is coming next week for Ceann Comhairle, and the Government will place confidence in Verona Murphy... all while, at least in the view of the public, not a lot else is being done.So, why would a new TD want to come into this?Sinead Gibney is Social Democrats TD for Dublin Rathdown, and is former Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. She joins Kieran to discuss.
Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses a new study that found disabled households are forced to spend the majority of their disposable income on disability.
Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice; Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon–Galway; Peadar Tóibín, Aontú leader; Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
John Jason and Tom Maughan, residents of a Castlebar halting site; Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice; Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon–Galway; Peadar Tóibín, Aontú leader; Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Niall Collins, Minister of State at the Department of Justice; Claire Kerrane, Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon–Galway; Peadar Tóibín, Aontú leader; Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Rev Dr Lesley Carroll joins Diane and Will to discuss what has motivated her during an extremely varied career, as a Presbyterian Minister, working in Victim Support, as Prisons Ombudsman, with the Equality Commission and the Consultative Group on Dealing with the Past. She also discusses her new role with the ICRIR, the much-criticised Independent Commission For Reconciliation and Information Recovery. For Lesley, it all comes down to how any Christian loves their enemies, and becomes a peacemaker.Send us a textProduced for Thrive IrelandMade by Commission Christian RadioIn association with The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
Recently the show we spoke to columnist Brenda Power about her concerns around the new surrogacy laws. She wrote in the Sunday Times that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission have concerns that our new health act allows for the trafficking of women and babies. We get reaction to this with Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery-Kearney.
Recently the show we spoke to columnist Brenda Power about her concerns around the new surrogacy laws. She wrote in the Sunday Times that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission have concerns that our new health act allows for the trafficking of women and babies. We get reaction to this with Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery-Kearney.
Housing affordability is one of the biggest pressures facing the Australian community and the Government has committed to building 1.2 million new, quote well-located homes across Australia by mid-2029. This is all but impossible, on current trends, and of course housing pressures have been exacerbated by super-high migration. The NSW Productivity and Equality Commission just … Continue reading "Solve The Housing Crisis By Building Smaller, Darker, Higher Homes?"
Michael O'Neill, Head of Legal at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
Bronagh Hinds CBE is a women's rights advocate from Northern Ireland. She was a participant in the Good Friday Agreement negotiations for the Women's Coalition & was the Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for NI.
The High Court has ruled that the State is in breach of human rights law by failing to house almost 3,000 people who have sought international protection in Ireland since last year The case was taken by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. To discuss further Ciara was joined on the show by Michael O'Neill, Head of Legal at the IHREC.
The High Court has ruled that the State is in breach of human rights law by failing to house almost 3,000 people who have sought international protection in Ireland since last year The case was taken by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. To discuss further Ciara was joined on the show by Michael O'Neill, Head of Legal at the IHREC.
The High Court has ruled today in a significant judgement that the State's failure to provide for the basic needs of homeless International Protection Applicants is a breach of their fundamental rights, in a case brought by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Michael O'Neill, Head of Legal, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
Noeline Blackwell, member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, on why she believes the Irish state has failed to fully implemented the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the 2014 case taken by Louise O'Keeffe.
Nick Henderson, chief executive officer of the Irish Refugee Council, discusses homelessness among asylum seekers as Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission takes Irish State to court.
Online safety for children is a huge issue in our digital society and here at Alcohol Action Ireland we want to shine a light on how damaging digital advertising of harmful commodities, such as alcohol, can be. Currently in Ireland, through a new body called Coimisiún na Meán, we are developing new online safety rules for video sharing platform services, such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tik Tok and others. Today, we hear how we should protect children and their rights in this digital era. Our expert guests are human rights lawyer and Online Safety Coordinator for the Children's Rights Alliance, Noeline Blackwell, and director of the Center for Digital cultures and Societies at the University of Queensland, Associate Professor in the School of Communication and arts, Nicholas Carah. THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT●How we can protect children from harmful advertising ●Dark advertising of alcohol that targets children ●The most important things for regulators to consider ●Why we need to listen to the voices of young people ●Taking pressure from parents and placing it on politcians GUEST DETAILSNoeline Blackwell is a human rights lawyer who joined the Children's Rights Alliance in November 2023 as Online Safety Co-ordinator. Prior to that, Noeline was CEO of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre for almost 8 years and was previously Director of FLAC, the Free Legal Advice Centres. Noeline also spent a number of years in general practice, with a particular focus in immigration, refugee and family law. She has been a member of a number of statutory and NGO boards. She currently chairs the Independent Patient Safety Council and the Child Law Project. She was appointed as a member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in 2023.https://ie.linkedin.com/in/noelineblackwell Nicholas Carah is Director of Digital Cultures & Societies in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Arts. He is an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, and a Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery and Linkage projects. In 2023 they are Deputy Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Nicholas' research examines the algorithmic and participatory advertising model of digital media platforms, with a sustained focus on digital alcohol marketing. He is the author of Media and Society: Power, Platforms & Participation (2021), Brand Machines, Sensory Media and Calculative Culture (2016), Media and Society: production, content and participation (2015), Pop Brands: branding, popular music and young people (2010). And, co-editor of Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media (2018) and Conflict in My Outlook (2022). Nicholas has also been involved in research projects on alcohol-related harms and nightlife culture and the use of digital media in fostering cultural change in drinking culture. Nicholas is a Director and Deputy Chair of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.https://nicholascarah.com/nicholascarah MORE INFORMATIONRead our submission regarding Ireland's online safety code.https://alcoholireland.ie/our-work/policy/alcohol-marketing-protecting-children/ If you are looking for support visit https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/addiction/drugshivhelpline/ To find out more about Alcohol Action Ireland visit alcoholireland.ieKEYWORDS#children #regulation #advertising #alcohol #online Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Parliament has appointed an Independent panel to consider impeachment proceedings against Mbuyiselo Botha as Commissioner of the Gender Equality Commission. The panel of three will be chaired by Advocate William Mokhare. Botha is accused of misconduct and making disparaging remarks about fellow Commissioners in 2021. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Mbekezeli Benjamin, Research and Advocacy Officer at Judges Matter
It's claimed that a "growing digital divide" between generations is pushing a large group of Clare people into poverty. It follows a new CSO report which shows that the average income for someone living in this county is just €31,143 which is more than €4,000 below the national average. It comes just days after a landmark study from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission found that state has "responded inadequately" to crises in housing, homeless. Clare Public Participation Network Co-Ordinator Sarah Clancy who contributed to the report, has been telling Clare FM's Seán Lyons that the Government will be held to account on local issues.
Noeline Blackwell, commissioner on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, on the overall trajectory of economic, social and cultural rights in Ireland.
Clare Traveller Development claims some members of the travelling community in this county are living in "third world conditions". It comes as Clare County Council is preparing its Draft Traveller Accommodation Programme for the period of 2025 to 2029. Under the Traveller Accommodation Act of 1998, each local authority is required to carry out a regular assessment of the existing and projected housing needs of members of the travelling community. Census 2022 found that travellers make up just under 8% of the total population of Clare, while the total number of travellers in the county increased by 9% since the previous Census. The most recent Traveller Accommodation Programme identified that 42 families in Clare were sharing with relatives, 12 were living in unauthorised sites, four were in emergency accommodation and 35 were living in private rental properties through HAP supports. Clare's Homeless Action team has also noted that in the last month, it has seen a "further increase" in the number of households presenting from the travelling community. Bridgie Casey of Clare Traveller Development says serious improvements are needed in terms of the provision of adequate traveller accommodation in this county. Public consultation for the Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-29 is expected to take place in July and August of this year, with the plan to be rolled out next January. The local authority has faced criticism in the past for its management of traveller accommodation, with a recent report by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission calling on the council to identify and develop "culturally specific responses to the needs of travellers experiencing homelessness". Acting Senior Executive Officer of the Social Development Directorate of Clare County Council, Padraig Mac Cormaic insists that great strides have been made, and will continue to be made, in spite of obstacles.
Sinéad Gibney, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses the latest accommodation crisis facing asylum seekers in Ireland.
Sinéad Gibney, Chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; Ciaran Cuffe, Green Party MEP for Dublin; Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West; Michael Healy-Rae, Independent TD for Kerry
Sinéad Gibney, Chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; Ciaran Cuffe, Green Party MEP for Dublin; Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin TD for Galway West; Michael Healy-Rae, Independent TD for Kerry
A resident of a Clare Direct Provision Centre claims parents in the international protection system have been placed in financial hardship by the government. It comes as a new study has found almost 90% of parents living in Direct Provision feel their daily allowance isn't sufficient to cover basic needs. The Irish Refugee Council's new report, which has been funded by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, highlights that those living in Direct Provision aren't immune to the cost-of-living crisis. At present, each adult in the system is entitled to a weekly allowance for personal or incidental expenses of €38.80, while this is €29.80 per week for a child. However, the report states that 88% of parents feel this isn't enough to fund essential expenses such as food and healthcare. Knockalisheen Direct Provision Centre resident and spokesperson for the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, Bulelani Mfaco, says parents in the international protection system are under a high level of stress due to not being able to meet even the most basic of costs. The current rate of child benefit is €140 per month and pre-Budget speculation has suggested there could be a double-payment before Christmas. As parents in Direct Provision aren't eligible for the payment, the Irish Refugee Council is calling for this to be rectified. Doras CEO John Lannon says the welfare system isn't equitable if it doesn't support everyone in need of assistance.
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Colin Harvey is Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, Director of the Human Rights Centre, a Fellow of the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, and an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies. He is also a Commissioner on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, a campaigner for a new Ireland and member of Ireland's Future. In this episode we talk to Prof. Harvey about the constitution and what a rights based society might look like. The Ghost Limb podcast is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/90361039
Excited to Spotlight Mental Health in the Workplace with the incredible Barbara Louise Brennan. A highly esteemed trainer and facilitator, and an inspirational ‘thought leader' in her field, Barbara has over 14 years' experience in changing the culture of mental health at all levels of society. Her desire to bring a message of hope and share the knowledge that people who have struggled with their mental health can and DO recover, is at the heart of her work, and comes from her own lived experience of surviving suicide and overcoming severe and long-term mental illness. Barbara uses her passion and experience to give voice to people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, inspire a message of hope and recovery and ultimately spark an international conversation on reducing stigma and raising awareness about mental illness and recovery. Barbara led ‘See Change', the national stigma reduction programme which is famed for the iconic Green Ribbon campaign for the last 5years as part of her work. She has also been part of the Global Anti Stigma Alliance inspiring change internationally. A regular contributor to national mainstream media and social media, Barbara is at home speaking to local community groups, CEO's or senior leaders in the public and corporate world. She has lectured at Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, and University College Cork inspiring people to think differently about mental health and wellbeing. In the national discourse on mental health, Barbara has been a driving force for change, providing guidance to influential policy bodies like the National Office for Suicide Prevention, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Mental Health Commission, and numerous major corporations. Barbara and I discuss; reducing the stigma of mental health, Identifying stigma as silence and practices to improve mental wellbeing. This episode will help us recognise and hopefully reduce stigmas, provides actionable insights, and promotes understanding around mental health challenges that impact us all. To find out more about Barbara and to get in touch go to - www.elephantintheroom.ie www.barbarabrennan.ie
Sinéad Gibney, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses its latest National Anti-Trafficking report
We discuss the large number of prisoners serving terms in Irish jails for minor offences with Kathleen Lynch Professor of Equality Studies Emeritus at University College Dublin Member of Irish Humans Rights and Equality Commission and John Cuffee Former Prison Officer.
Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, outlines new recommendations to expand equality legislation currently under review by the Government.
Equality legislation should be changed to include discrimination on the grounds of a criminal conviction. That's the call this morning from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. But how common is discrimination against ex-offenders? Damien Quinn is the Founder of Spéire spoke to Jonathan this morning on the show.
Equality legislation should be changed to include discrimination on the grounds of a criminal conviction. That's the call this morning from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. But how common is discrimination against ex-offenders? Damien Quinn is the Founder of Spéire spoke to Jonathan this morning on the show.
Louise Burne, Political Correspondent with the Irish Mirror and Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
On this weeks podcast, Sinéad Gibney joins us in studio to talk about her professional career, giving up alcohol and the human rights problems we face in IrelandA huge thank you to Sinéad for joining us this week!Follow Sinéad HEREHelp us help others by joining our Patreon...Why not become a Patron of the Two Norries to help us help you and others? We're always happy to receive donations which all go towards bills, production costs, maintenance and everything else it takes to keep the podcast alive.Donations can be as little as €1 or as much as you can afford. To sign up simply CLICK HERE, thank you. Two Norries Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jacqui Browne, Disability Advisory Committee, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses the non-payment of disability allowance to people in institutional care.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission say Ireland is currently in clear breach of its international obligations regarding newly arrived asylum seekers. Thirty-one asylum seekers who arrived here this week are currently without State accommodation. Roderic O'Gorman, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth joined Kieran on the show to discuss…
Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses the UN's review of children's rights in Ireland.
After last week's Back to School programme we turn our attention to childcare and discuss how parents and carers can access support with the cost, as suppliers increase their fees. Aoife Hamilton of Employers for Childcare explains the options. Discrimination legislation is different here to the rest of the UK and Ireland. Linda visits and Equality Commission event asking for action to update the law here. So called Swipers are stealing £500m from supermarkets – but who are they and what's being done to stop them?
Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses their annual report released today.
Christine Quinn from Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan of O'Reilly Stewart will discuss:1. The new guidance on Harassment and Bullying at work. The Equality Commission and LRA have produced guidance that outlines some steps that you can take to help build an inclusive workplace. Seamus dives into the detail, explains what it means for your organisation and takes your questions.2. The twists and turns of the holiday pay saga continue, with Agnew v PSNI being relisted for hearing in December 2022 – so just what is all the fuss about? What's the position at the moment? And what can we hope for if (when?) a decision is finally made?3. Audience question – we're always happy to address your questions, so please do send them in. Today Seamus answers this listener query:“Can a full-time employee, transferring role within a corporation (at employers request) and within the same legal entity, request or expect their employer to include within the employee's ‘unchanged' terms and conditions, a reference to redundancy terms? The transfer is occurring between two separate teams in the same corporation and the redundancy terms of the originating team (manufacturing plant) have typically been generous. The employee is concerned that the new (global) team's redundancy terms might not be as generous and thus disadvantage them in the event of redundancy from the global team. The employer is refusing to comment on redundancy terms in the new T&C (redundancy terms were not included in the original contract but have arisen over many years through various redundancy programs)”.Legal Island's webinars and podcasts are sponsored by MCS Group, MCS help people find careers that match their skill sets perfectly, as well as supporting employers to build high performing businesses by connecting them with the most talented candidates in the market. If you are interested in finding out how MCS can help you, head to www.mcsgroup.jobs.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality have called on the Gardaí to note ethnicity during stop and search operations. Why is this necessary? For more on this Ciara spoke to Sinead Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality have called on the Gardaí to note ethnicity during stop and search operations. Why is this necessary? For more on this Ciara spoke to Sinead Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission , says State must provide appropriate education for all children.
Sinéad Gibney, chief commissioner with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, joins the podcast to discuss whether Ireland's equality laws are fit for purpose and how the State's decision to fight issues it eventually concedes is a drain on resources. The podcast also hears from Deirdre Malone, head of EY Law Ireland's employment team, who discusses remote working and whether moves by companies abroad to cut the pay of staff choosing to work remotely could become the norm in Ireland. And the hosts discuss the 'Wagatha Christie' trial, which started in Britain this week, and what people may be able to expect from lawyers for Colleen Rooney and Rebecca Vardy. Law on Trial is sponsored by EY Law Ireland.
Paul Monies reports on Oklahoma's challenges with timely responses to public records requests; Whitney Bryen discusses her story that revealed at least 537 unreported nursing home deaths from COVID; Rebecca Najera explains why Sen. George Young wants to create a Race and Equality Commission and the resistance he's encountered. Ted Streuli hosts.
Feminist Question Time with speakers from USA, UK, Turkey, Mexico Women's Declaration International (WDI) Feminist Question Time is our weekly online webinars. It is attended by a global feminist and activist audience of between 200-300. The main focus is how gender ideology is harming the rights of women and girls. You can see recordings of previous panels on our YouTube Channel. WDI is the leading global organisation defending women's sex-based rights against the threats posed by gender identity ideology. There is more information on the website womensdeclaration.com where you will find our Declaration on Women's Sex-based rights, which has been signed by more 30,000 people from 157 countries and is supported by 418 organisations. This week's speakers: Kara Dansky - USA The American GRA - The US Congress is considering a bill called the Global Respect Act (not coincidentally, GRA). It would bar entry to the US of "foreign people" who engaged in "other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of [LGBTQI] persons," or "acted as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person" in doing so. This might be a way of denying entry to the USA to those who do not believe in gender identity ideology. Bio: Kara Dansky is a public speaker, writer, and consultant who is committed to protecting the rights, privacy, and safety of women and girls on the basis of sex in law and throughout society. In November 2021, she published the ground-breaking work The Abolition of Sex: How the ‘Transgender' Agenda Harms Women and Girls. She currently serves as President of the U.S. chapter of Women's Declaration International (WDI), which seeks to promote the Declaration on Women's Sex-Based Rights. She served on the board of the Women's Liberation Front from 2016 to 2020. Kara is also an attorney with a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University, and an extensive background in criminal justice law and policy. Emma Bateman - UK Green Party - Green party position on women's sex based rights Bio: co-chair of the Green Party of England and Wale's women's committee Arussi Unda - Mexico Sexual and reproductive exploitation in Mexico: The only political scenario when they suddenly know what a woman is. - The Supreme Court, political parties and the President of the Equality Commission are pushing “the women's right to sell their bodies” in the worst time to be a women in Mexico ever. Bio: Woman speaker of “Las Brujas Del Mar” (Witches of the Sea) feminist collective from Veracruz, Mexico. Hale Akay - Turkey Women confronting trans(queer) feminism in Turkey - I will talk on behalf of, but not as a representative of, a group of women who are being intimidated, harassed and threatened first on social media, now even in IWD demonstration, because they oppose transfeminism in Turkey. I will talk about the dynamics that made intersectional feminism as the mainstream approach, how the debate around gender identity and trans rights escalated in the past three years and pushed some feminists to organize among themselves to resist this ideological capture. Bio: I'm a former academic, now working as an independent researcher in the UK. I worked in human rights organisations for years both as a voluntary and a professional. For the last 3 years, I have been active especially on social media in debates concerning trans rights. For more information: www.womensdeclaration.com
Sinead Gibney of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on the results of their research which found 80% think the legal system weighs heavily against the poor.
Sinead Gibney, chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses a new campaign to encourage businesses to employ people who are asylum seekers.
In this week's episode, Sarah and Jack are joined in the studio by Mary Kitson, Senior Legal Officer at the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. Mary speaks to Sarah and Jack about her role in providing advice and assistance to people who believe that they have been subjected to unlawful discrimination. Mary also discusses the involvement of the Equality Commission in significant legal cases, including LGBTQ+ rights and workplace discrimination.
The Equality Commission were on the programme.
This Reboot Republic Podcast is a special podcast discussing the recent report “Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland”, published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) which outlines that lone parents and their children account for 53 per cent of all homeless families, and are much more likely to experience poor housing than other household types. The report also highlights the disadvantages experienced by young people, migrants, people with disabilities, Travellers and others in the Irish housing system. We start the podcast with an interview with Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, this is followed by an interview with Louise Bayliss, Campaigns Coordinator with Focus Ireland and spokesperson for SPARK, and the podcast is finished with a short presentation by the new UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr Balakrishnan Rajagopal. Read the report HERE Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack
Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses the findings of a new report which highlights the disadvantages experienced by young people, migrants, people with disabilities, Travellers and others in the Irish housing system.
Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in Dublin 8 I'm proud to say. Today is our third episode of our Yup the flats series. on the show is Paul Mc Keown. Paul McKeon is a Higher Executive Officer in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in the Civil Service. He is a Equality Legislation specialist with demonstrable experience of driving change through a Legal, Policy and Civil Society context across a range of issues relating to Housing, Education, Sport, Disability, Employment, Decent Work and Socio-economic issues. Most notably, his work around the case for the inclusion of a socio-economic status ground in Irish Anti-Discrimination Equality Legislation led to a commitment in the Programme for Government 2020 for its inclusion. Have a listen and let us know what you think and we would love to hear your feedback. EXCITING NEWS- Matt's Mindfulness and gratitude activity journal "My Head to My Heart" is now available to purchase. https://magicmindsfoundation.company.site/fbclid=IwAR1zp1r4CdFU2tOxmohGNLuCLAj247w91kFxHo90Xn2L2ugis5fLoeUt37o If you enjoy our work and would love to support us with the Publication of Matt's book then please subscribe to our Patreon Page. If you can afford to buy us a coffee or a pint once a month we would be delighted but if you cant that's ok too, you can listen for free. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=42505663. LOVE & KINDNESS TO YOU XXX Huge thank you to our Sponsors and Charities. I want to thank Niall Reilly and the team at Rooney media graphics. Also we have Liberty photos who is owned by Andy who is Matt's trusty side kick on the podcast. So if you need any photographs for weddings or birthday parties then Liberties Media Hub is the place to go. Shannon's helpline, Don't forget check out our website for more information on our previous interviews http://magicminds.ie/ Special thanks to our: Sponsors: Niall Reilly- www.rooneymedia.com Andrew O'Connell- www.libertiesphoto.ie Supports: Shannon's Hopeline - www.shannonshopeline.ie Magic Minds Podcast Team Matt Burke- Host Andrew O'Connell- Video Production & social Media Hannah Burke - Social Media --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/magic-minds/message
In this month's webinar Seamus McGranaghan, Partner at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors is be joined by Christine Quinn, Learning & Development Officer at Legal Island, and special guest, Helen Smyth, Senior Employment Relations Manager in Advisory Services at the Labour Relations Agency.They discuss issues around:‘no jab, no job' here in Northern Ireland in light of the decision on care home staff in EnglandUpcoming Changes to the Covid-19 Furlough SchemeThe recent Equality Commission for Northern Ireland guidance on Menopause in the Workplace
Antisemitism is a deep rooted problem with a long history. Last year the Labour Party in Britain found itself in a quandary over this issue when a Human Rights and Equality Commission enquiry found that it had committed unlawful acts and had to change. Luciana Berger and Julian Hargreaves discuss antisemitism... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review
Jerome is joined by Dr Lucy Michael of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to discussion the relationship between Ireland and UN Human Rights system, covering the Universal Periodic Review, Treaty Bodies, CERD, and numerous specific concepts drawn from the LC Politics and Society subject specification.
An excerpt from Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne's recent sit-down with Irish entrepreneur & businessman Declan Ganley. They discuss here Ganley's upcoming court case against the Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions on religious services. >> Full length interview coming soon.
Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, discusses the Commission's latest report.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has raised concerns about the decision making and enforcement of Ireland’s covid restrictions. A new report from the commission argues that NPHET lacks human rights expertise while the Department of Health creating the rules “makes it difficult to maintain effective democratic oversight” Sinéad Gibney, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission told us her about the concerns in the report. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
In the last twelve months, almost half of young people between the ages of 18 and 24 have witnessed or experienced racism. This shocking statistic is part of new research by The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, who have recently launched their All Against Racism campaign. Featuring interviews with eleven people from different ethnic backgrounds, the campaign aims to explore racism in Ireland and challenge the individual and societal attitudes that allow it to continue. In today’s episode, Róisín Ingle is joined by Teresa Buczkowska and Raihana Zeroug who both feature in the awareness drive. Buczkowska, a Polish migrant woman living in Ireland since 2005, works as an integration officer in the Immigrant Council of Ireland. Zeroug is a young student of Politics and Sociology at UCD who has been involved with sport and racism initiatives through Sport Against Racism Ireland. Together they discuss the importance of listening to different perspectives and experiences, the need for diversity in leadership and the issues surrounding direct provision.
Ireland's human rights watchdog says proposed legislation for assisted dying "needs significant change". The Human Rights and Equality Commission says the 'Dying with Dignity Bill' falls short when it comes to issues like safeguarding and consent. The bill, which is currently going through the Oireachtas, would allow a person with a terminal illness seek medical help to end their life. The watchdog's Chief Commissioner, Sinead Gibney, joined Shane Beatty on Breakfast Briefing: [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/02/03071002/sinead-gibney.mp3"][/audio]
This week I'm joined by Paul McKeon. Paul works at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. He has been fighting tooth and nail for the inclusion of Socio Economic Status in the Irish equality legislation. With the ever growing gentrification in Dublin City, Paul is a voice for the working class. What this inclusion will mean in detail is explained in the podcast. But for a very simple summary it means anyone who has ever been discriminated against because of where you grew up, the accent you speak with etc. For example if you've ever been turned away from jobs, nightclubs, restaurants etc solely based on prejudice to your social background. You will now have rights to take action and stand up against this type of classism. This is a really great chat and I urge everyone to listen because you never know when you'll need this information. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, share and comment your thoughts. Extended version on YouTube or Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Lucy Michael, who is an independent researcher in the area of equality and integration, a spokesperson for Fingal Communities Against Racism, author (with Bryan Fanning) of Immigrants as Outsiders in the Two Irelands (MUP, 2019), and a Commission Member on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. We talk about how Fingal Communities Against Racism campaigned against deportations, challenged racism and the rise of the far right in the recent elections, the way in which the housing crisis as an issue to foment racism and division, the dehumanising of migrants and asylum seekers, the role of Government and the state such as Michael McDowell's 2004 citizenship referendum in contributing to racism, what people can do to promote a genuinely welcoming Ireland, everyday anti-racism, and we chat about Lucy's experience of toxic academia and motivations for social justice and equality. For lots more info visit lucymichael.ie Please, please, please support our podcast by joining us from as little as €2.50 at patreon.com/tortoiseshack
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Lucy Michael, who is an independent researcher in the area of equality and integration, a spokesperson for Fingal Communities Against Racism, author (with Bryan Fanning) of Immigrants as Outsiders in the Two Irelands (MUP, 2019), and a Commission Member on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. We talk about how Fingal Communities Against Racism campaigned against deportations, challenged racism and the rise of the far right in the recent elections, the way in which the housing crisis as an issue to foment racism and division, the dehumanising of migrants and asylum seekers, the role of Government and the state such as Michael McDowell's 2004 citizenship referendum in contributing to racism, what people can do to promote a genuinely welcoming Ireland, everyday anti-racism, and we chat about Lucy's experience of toxic academia and motivations for social justice and equality. For lots more info visit lucymichael.ie Please, please, please support our podcast by joining us from as little as €2.50 at patreon.com/tortoiseshack
Housing in Ireland needs to be viewed as a right and not a commodity, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. A national survey carried out by the IHREC suggested that 82% of people in Ireland consider housing to be a basic human right. Do you agree?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Housing in Ireland needs to be viewed as a right and not a commodity, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. A national survey carried out by the IHREC suggested that 82% of people in Ireland consider housing to be a basic human right. Do you agree? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To mark International Human Rights Day, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has published a report which shows that 95% of Irish people believe that human rights are important for creating a fairer society in Ireland. Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, Sinead Gibney joined us on Breakfast to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
When we try to talk about Class we don't often do a great job of defining what we mean. But our guest, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission's Paul McKeon knows all about it. Paul, speaking in a personal capacity, talked to us about his own experiences growing up from a Traveller background in Dublin's North Inner City and why he believes that Class should be included in the Equality Act. This is a terrific insight into a subject too often shied away from. Join us: patreon.com/tortoiseshack
I wish I could get £11m to develop an app that doesn't work, I reckon I'd even do it months quicker than anyone Matt Hancock has hired so far. On the up side, we're at alert level 3 now, on account of there being no scientists allowed to tell us otherwise. Plus a special guest star of all the hayfever in Tiernan's face and a chat with Maurice Mcleod (@mowords) about BLM, the racial equality commission and DfID.RACE ON THE AGENDA: https://www.rota.org.uk/FOLLOW RACE ON THE AGENDA ON TWITTER: @raceontheagendaTHE LIVE PODCAST WILL BE AT 8PM ON THURSDAY JUNE 25TH AT THIS LINK:https://beta.ramble.fm/cast/partlypoliticalbroadcastCALL IN!AND READ MY ARTICLE ABOUT ALL THE COMEDY GOING AWAY HERE: https://medium.com/@TiernanDouieb/another-fucking-day-751c7e719174PLEASE HELP TIERNAN SURVIVE ALL OF THE COMEDY BEING CANCELLED:Donate to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/parpolbroBuy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/parpolbroQUARANTINE SURVIVALTiernan's Twitch stream: twitch.tv/tiernandouiebNEXT UP COMEDY - HECKLETHEVIRUS.COMCOMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS PODCASTGET THE LAST SKEPTIK'S LATEST ALBUM HERE: https://backl.ink/SYITNLSIGN UP TO NEXT UP COMEDY AT: www.nextupcomedy.com/tiernanisgreatSign up to Tiernan's comedy mailing list here: https://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contact/SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN TO TIERNAN HOST THE NESTA FUTURE CURIOUS PODCAST HERE: https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-curious/HOW DOES THIS POLITICS THING WORK THEN? Website: politicsforkids.co.ukUSUAL PODCAST BLATHERING:Join Tiernan's comedy mailing list at www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/contactFollow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at
Laura Stevens: Hello, and welcome to the Government Digital Service podcast, and the first one of the decade. My name is Laura Stevens and for regular listeners of the podcast, I now have a new job title as Creative Content Producer here at GDS. And for the first podcast of 2020 we’re going to be speaking about accessibility. Everybody has to interact with government, people cannot shop around and go to different providers so there’s an obligation for government to make its services as accessible as possible. At GDS accessibility is considered in everything we do. It’s one of our design principles, we publish accessibility guidance on GOV.UK and we want to make sure there are no barriers preventing someone from using something. And to tell us more about accessibility at GDS, I have Rianna Fry and Chris Heathcote. Please can you both introduce yourselves and what you do here at GDS. So Rianna first. Rianna Fry: Yeah, so I’m Rianna and I am a Senior Campaign Manager here at GDS. So my job is helping to tell more people about all the great stuff that GDS does. And one of the main things at the moment is accessibility. Laura Stevens: And Chris? Chris Heathcote: Hi, I’m Chris Heathcote, I’m a Product Manager and Designer at GDS. So I’m running the team that will be monitoring websites for accessibility going forward. Laura Stevens: Yes, and there’ll be more on that later in the podcast. So I just thought a good place to start, because as I mentioned GDS has to design for everyone, so to give a sort of sense of the needs of the population we’re designing for I have a few statements for you both. And I’m going to ask you whether they’re true or false. So true or false, 12 million people in the UK have some kind of hearing loss. Rianna Fry: True. Chris Heathcote: That sounds true. Laura Stevens: It is true. Second statement. 6.4 million people in the UK have dyslexia. Chris Heathcote: That sounds true as well. Rianna Fry: Yeah, it does. Laura Stevens: It is true as well. And thirdly, 2 million people in the UK have significant sight loss. Rianna Fry: True. Chris Heathcote: At least 2 million I would have thought, yes. Laura Stevens: Yes. You are correct, they’re all true. Rianna Fry: Do we, do we win something? Laura Stevens: I’m afraid I didn’t bring a prize and now I’m being shamed, I’m sorry. Rianna Fry: Right, OK. Sorry. Laura Stevens: But all these stats are from the GDS accessibility empathy lab. And this is a space at GDS which helps raise awareness about accessibility, and also is an assistive technology testing space. And there’s another poster in the lab that says when you design services, you need to think about permanent, temporary and situational accessibility needs. What does that mean? Rianna Fry: So I think I’ll touch on situational accessibility needs. So for me that was one of the most sort of light bulb moments when I came to work on this project with Chris and the rest of the team. So often when we talk about accessibility, I think a lot people naturally think about disabilities that people might have, like motor disabilities or sight impairments for example. But obviously at some point, they’re, we’re in situations that prevent us from being able to use digital services, perhaps in the way that they’re initially intended. So if you just think about social media. So my background is in digital marketing so thinking about videos. Obviously captions are massive and subtitles for videos because when you’re on the tube, you can’t always hear what you’re listening to. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: So thinking about those kind of things was really sort of key for me, you know. When we build things or create content, we want as many people to see and use these things as possible. So considering all the factors that may prevent people from using something in one way, I think that’s what it’s about. Chris Heathcote: Yeah, I mean at GDS we’ve always considered that wherever there is a web browser people will try and use that to interact with government. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Chris Heathcote: So right from the start, we saw people doing passport applications on their PlayStations. And we’ve seen… Laura Stevens: Really? Chris Heathcote: Yeah. So we’ve seen mobiles, you know are now more than 50% of traffic often. And so we, what we, you know accessibility is just one way to make sure that people can always use the services and the content that we provide. Laura Stevens: Yeah I think definitely what you’re saying about mobiles as well. Because I looked up Matt Hobbs, who’s the Head of Frontend Development at GDS, tweeted about the November 2019 GOV.UK stats, and mobile was over 50%. It was 52.86%. Rianna Fry: Absolutely, yeah. Laura Stevens: And I guess part of this is also thinking like why is it particularly important that government is a leader in accessible services. Like what, why is that so important? Chris Heathcote: I mean as you said at the beginning, you know you don’t choose to use government, you have to use government. So you can’t go anywhere else. So it’s, it’s our obligation to make sure that, that everything is accessible to everyone. And it does have to be everyone, and especially those with disabilities, or needing to use assistive technology, tend to have to interact with government more. So we do have an obligation for that. Rianna Fry: And I think if you think about it, these are public services. They’re online public services so they need to be able to use, be used by the public not exclusive groups. And I think that’s what it's all about. Laura Stevens: And sort of on that, or leading on from that, I wanted us to talk about GDS as leaders in digital accessibility. So at GDS, we’ve, we set up the cross-government accessibility community, the Head of Accessibility for government sits at GDS and as mentioned, it’s one of our design principles. So we want to design for everyone. And from your work here at GDS, do you have any sort of examples of where GDS has led in accessibility? So for instance you were talking there about assistive technology, and I know that GOV.UK, there’s a lot of work done on GOV.UK to make sure that it works with assistive technology. Chris Heathcote: Yes, I mean especially as sort of the standards for accessibility have changed over the last 7, 8 years that GDS has existed. We’ve always made sure that our code works on everything and for all assistive technology. And also we’ve made you know, now with the [GOV.UK] Design System made it possible for the, all services in government to take that and so they don’t have to do the work as well. Laura Stevens: So how can people use the Design System, if they’re listening and they don’t quite know what the Design System is. Can you explain it a bit please? Chris Heathcote: Yes. So I mean if you go to the GOV.UK Design System site, it provides basically all the code you need to make something look and feel like GOV.UK. You know we’ve always said that GOV.UK is a single domain for government, and that services in central government should look and feel like GOV.UK and be linked from GOV.UK. And if you use our code, it means you get all the usability and accessibility benefits that we’ve spent a lot of time and effort to make sure work really well. And you get that basically for free. Laura Stevens: Yeah, and it’s also I guess you’re sharing the, as you were just talking about, you’re sharing the hard work. So if you’re a smaller organisation or you don’t have that sort of technical capability, you’re saying it’s already there. We can, you can just go to the... Chris Heathcote: Yes, we saw that every, basically every service in government was spending 6 months or more, you know writing code that’s basically the same. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Chris Heathcote: That’s why the Design System exists, and is so popular. Laura Stevens: And have you seen any sort of examples of… Rianna Fry: Well I think, I think you mentioned this near the beginning as well, the accessibility empathy lab. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: So that’s sort of a space for people to really experience some of the impairments that people may have, and really put them in that space. And I think that really helps to bring things to life. Because it’s really easy to forget or not consider what some needs might be. And I’ve been along to some of the tours there and it’s, it’s great to see people in all different roles coming from all different kinds of organisations sort of using the different personas that are in that lab, to think differently about how web pages should be built. And also even you know, the words that we use. And I think that sort of in line with what Chris was saying, there’s also the, the style guide. Because we often forget as a communicator, plain English is really important, that’s like a basic thing. Laura Stevens: Yes. Rianna Fry: That most people know about and practice, but don’t necessarily consider as part of accessibility. And I know when I worked at the council we used the GOV.UK Style Guide as like the basis because we knew that there was a lot of research and it’s ongoing. And also like as Chris said, you know it’s not just people within GDS that inform this work. It’s across government and also some of the wider public sector. There’s great communities that are sharing really great work in this space, and that all feeds in. Laura Stevens: No I think that’s really interesting as well what you’re saying because you came from a local government background into central government. Rianna Fry: Yeah. Laura Stevens: And you were able to use some of those sort of GDS or cross-government tools, and you were able to pick them up and use them. That’s really good. Rianna Fry: Yeah, absolutely yeah. Laura Stevens: And, and you mentioned there that a lot of the work in accessibility it’s not, it’s not, even though a lot of it sits at GDS, it’s contributed to by people across the accessibility community across government. We’ve got a cross-government accessibility community, which has more than 1,200 people in the Google group. And are you involved in the community Chris or? Chris Heathcote: Well I’m on the email.. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Chris Heathcote: And I will, and I respond to questions about the accessibility monitoring. Yeah, I mean it’s I think, because accessibility cuts across so many different jobs in government, so it isn’t just the people that, that do accessibility auditing day in and day out and,but we now have those across government. But you know, all frontend developers, all designers, all user researchers tend to need to know something about accessibility, and have questions and even though they’re not you know, full time professionals in this, the community’s there to help everyone understand what we’re looking for and how to consider accessibility in everything they do. Laura Stevens: And do you think that’s sort of been a shift because Rianna was mentioning like how in the lab, you get people of all different job titles in, and that’s sort of shift in making accessibility part of everyone’s job, not just people who have accessibility in their job title. Like neither of you 2 have accessibility in job title for instance. Chris Heathcote: Yeah. I mean I think that’s been a big change like it was with design before and user research. It isn’t just a separate specialist, even though we need the specialists to you know, do the work. Laura Stevens: Yeah yeah, of course. Chris Heathcote: It’s something that everyone has to consider as they do their job. So especially like frontend developers, we expect them to be testing their code for accessibility at, just as they are doing it. Which means that when they do do an audit and a specialist comes in and looks at the site, there shouldn’t be any surprises. Rianna Fry: And I think that’s one of the, so Richard Morton, who’s the Interim Head of Accessibility across government, that’s one of the things that he says, is that actually the ambition for his role is that there won’t, in the future, need to be specialists necessarily because everybody has a, a level of understanding about it. Obviously that’s a long way off. Laura Stevens: And also I guess he doesn’t want to talk himself out of a job. Rianna Fry: Yeah! Exact--and that I mean, he does follow it up with that. But I think, I think that’s what’s really nice about the community is that you have got people, so for example the designer that I’ve worked on, Charlotte, with the campaign for accessibility. Laura Stevens: Is this Charlotte Downs? Rianna Fry: Charlotte Downs, yeah. So since she’s been working that, she’s just sort of, her mind has been blown by all this information that’s out there. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: And she’s now a go to person with GDS for design - accessible design - particularly around PDFs. And I think that’s the thing, sort of as you sort of get into it, it’s really easy to become really passionate about accessibility because it’s all about doing the right thing. And I think particularly within GDS, and actually most digital based roles I would say, it’s all about users. And accessibility, that’s what it’s all about. Laura Stevens: I’ve heard people refer to the PDF mountain in government. What does that mean and why is that related to accessibility? Chris Heathcote: I mean right from the start of GOV.UK, we saw that central government alone was publishing pretty much everything as PDFs. And PDFs vary in quality and vary in accessibility as well. It is possible to make more accessible PDFs. But generally we’ve always said things should be webpages, content should be on webpages and in HTML. But, and in central government we’ve been moderately successful in that. There’s still a lot of PDFs being published but we’ve reduced that, and especially in services, they tend not to use PDFs anymore. So I think legislation is a good time for, for all public sector organisations to reflect on that and see how they can change some of their processes and how they publish information. Laura Stevens: So changing a mountain into a molehill. Chris Heathcote: Yes. I mean we, I think you know there will always be some PDFs for certain reasons but the number of PDFs being published should go down. Rianna Fry: So just thinking about stuff like that, as Chris says, changing processes. Is there a reason why we have to have this as a PDF format, why can’t it be HTML? I mean it, the campaign, it, it was the same you know. How do we make the supporter pack in HTML, it doesn’t look as pretty, which for creative people might be something, like a bone of contention, but ultimately we want people to be able to use it. So creating things and making things available in different formats if you have to have a PDF, is the right thing to do. Laura Stevens: Yeah and I think that’s sort of interesting as well with the creative side of things. Because obviously as government though you need to make it’s as accessible as possible and I think GOV.UK has won design awards so it shows that like, accessibility doesn’t mean that like design goes out the window, not at all. Like I think it was Fast Company put us at the top 10 designs of the decades in the 2010s. So.. Chris Heathcote: Yeah I mean even when we won the Design Museum's Design of the Year award. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Chris Heathcote: You know we were on, we were called boring.com the next day. But you know we have a lot of designers working here in GDS, and there is an awful lot of design built into it even though it may look a bit plainer than other websites. But that’s because we’re totally focussed on usability and accessibility. Rianna Fry: There’s no point having a beautiful website if no-one can use it Laura Stevens: I would just sort of, what I would like to sort of talk about is how accessible services help everyone. For instance we have GOV.UK content that’s now accessible via voice assistance. So I think there’s now more than 13,000 pieces of GOV.UK content that’s available via Google Home or Amazon Alexa. And why is that good for people, like why, why is that good having these sort of pieces anyone can access via voice? Chris Heathcote: I mean there’s a lot of people that can’t use a standard computer and a standard web browser. I mean and that, that ranges from having disabilities through to just not understanding how a computer works and not wanting to understand how a computer works. So being able to access government information if not services yet, just through voice I think is, is really important. Rianna Fry: I was just going to say, personally as well, so a, a relative of mine recently was unwell and lost his sight. And he has an Alexa and so although it was still a difficult transition for him, him still being able to access things as soon as he got home really helped. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: And I think you know like Chris said, not everyone wants to use a computer as well. Laura Stevens: Yeah, yeah. Rianna Fry: Or if you’re sort of busy and out and about, sort of that situational side of things, it just makes things more accessible and more available for people, which is great. It’s easier right? Laura Stevens: Chris, you alluded to this earlier that the sort of regulations have changed since GDS begun. And while accessibility has always been part of GDS’ work, there are new regulations that have come in quite recently, and these regulations mean public sector organisations have a legal duty to make sure their websites and apps meet accessibility requirements. And can you tell me a bit about them and sort of, what the key dates are with that and… Chris Heathcote: Yes. So this is a European-wide initiative that started in 2016. It’s now UK law. And any new websites that a public sector body makes, that's certainly in public, needs to be accessible now. And they should also publish something called an accessibility statement on their website that says how accessible they are and how to get in contact with them if you find any issues with them. But then the big deadline is 23 September 2020, when all public sector websites, old and new, need to be accessible. Laura Stevens: And how is this related to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which I called WCAG, but is that the correct way of pronouncing… Chris Heathcote: Yeah. Laura Stevens: ...that acronym? So yeah, the web--oh sorry. Chris Heathcote: So WCAG is a W3C [World Wide Web Consortium] standard about web content accessibility. And it’s been updated pretty recently to version 2.1. And the standard that the legislation and we require is something called double A. So there are 3, 3 levels of accessibility mentioned in the guidelines - A, double A and triple A. And double A means that there should not be any major blockers to anyone being able to use the website. Laura Stevens: Will the regulations apply differently to different parts of the public sector, for instance central government or to schools or to healthcare? Chris Heathcote: There are some differences. The legislation makes some exemptions especially, there is partial exemptions for schools and nurseries. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Chris Heathcote: Although the way it’s written, actually they’re not quite as exempt as you might think. Laura Stevens: Chris Heathcote: Because a lot of people are doing stuff online, and if the online is the only route to them that has to be accessible. Laura Stevens: Yes. Chris Heathcote: But generally the exemptions are, are quite small. Rianna Fry: I think what’s really important as well is that, I mean it’s this is sort of easy, easier for me to say I guess because I work in an organisation that really cares about accessibility and already has accessibility built in to a lot of the ways of working. But I think for me it’s sort of helpful to think about this as an opportunity. So I think this creates a really good excuse to educate people about why that’s important and also now that there’s law behind this... Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: that feeds into the Equality Act, and I mean that’s really important. If you’re going to pay to build a website, or spend a load of your time creating content, then you want to make sure that people can access that content or access that, access that service. Why, why would you want to try and get around that? Because all you’re doing is reducing the amount of people that can access it. So I think you know, although I understand that sometimes there are reasons for that like time. I think this is about behaviour change, and also education, helping people to understand that. If you’re, if you’re opening your service up, you’re reducing costs that may be elsewhere because you’re making your website more efficient and work for people so that they can self-serve. Laura Stevens: And so do you think that’s why having an accessibility statement is a really good thing? Because you know how you’re saying this is a way of creating behaviour change. By the process of going through and creating accessibility statement, which is this statement on the website that says, this is why our service is accessible. And it also has to say, if I’m right, this isn’t accessible but this is how we’re working. Rianna Fry: Absolutely. Laura Stevens: Yeah because GOV.UK has an accessibility statement, doesn’t it? Chris Heathcote: Yeah. What we are trying to do is make sites accessible so pub--, so you know getting the information together and publishing an accessibility statement is a really good start to making sure that the website is accessible and remains as accessible as it changes. Rianna Fry: I was just going to say you know, I think that shows a commitment to making a change. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: I think it’s unrealistic to expect all websites overnight to be completely accessible, because some of this stuff involves a lot of legacy things. Laura Stevens: Yes. Rianna Fry: And also PDFs, a lot of PDFs. But this, I, as I understand it, and I’m not an expert so Chris you might correct me on this, but that’s statements about saying you know, these areas aren’t right but this is our plan to fix them. And if you can’t access information here’s who you need to contact to get that. Laura Stevens: Yes. And that's an important part, you have that contact. Rianna Fry: Absolutely, yeah. Laura Stevens: A name or an email address that you can go forward to. And this actually leads me nicely on, because this was, we chose accessibility in January because there was a loose news hook for the podcast that January is when enforcement and reporting will begin. And this is quite a big job to undertake so Chris could you kind of talk to me about this next bit of your role? Chris Heathcote: Yeah so to make sure that people are taking the legislation seriously, in each country in Europe, so it’s not just the UK, there is a monitoring body set up. In the UK it was decided that GDS would host that. And that’s the team I’m setting up at the moment. So we have an obligation in, in the legislation as well. So we will be monitoring a number of public sector websites. It’s about...by 2023, it’ll be about 2,000 websites a year. And what we do is most of that will be automated checking using automated accessibility checkers. But we know that that only covers 30 to 40% of accessibility issues and WCAG points. So we’ll be doing a bit of manual checking as well and, and for a certain amount of websites, we have to do a sort of fuller audit that’s more like a traditional accessibility audit. Laura Stevens: And this is done on behalf of the Minister for Cabinet Office isn’t it? Chris Heathcote: Yes. So yeah, they’re the person that's mentioned in the legislation. And yes, we’ll be reporting to them about what we find. Laura Stevens: And when you go through these websites, how do you get back in touch with them, do you create an accessibility report, how does that work? Chris Heathcote: So, so what we’re going to do is from the testing that we do, we’ll write a report. We’ll send that to the public sector organisation and start a conversation with them really about do they understand the report, do they see the same issues that we’re seeing, and what they’re going to do to fix them. And hopefully that’s a constructive conversation and we can provide technical support where needed. Laura Stevens: Yeah, and would you also I guess point to some of the stuff on GOV.UK? There’s accessibility guidance there as well. Would you be using that? Chris Heathcote: Yeah absolutely. I mean, I mean both, both the stuff that we publish for central government like the Design System and the Service Manual. But also you know we are looking also for resources around the W3C publish and things like training that, that are starting to happen that we can point people to so that you know, they, they can fix the issues as quickly as possible. Laura Stevens: Say if a website has been found with accessibility issues, what would be a way of enforcing the findings of a report? Chris Heathcote: So we’re working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission in England, Wales and Scotland, and for Northern Ireland it’s the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. They are actually doing the enforcing on accessibility because it, it, falls under the Equality Act, so they’ve been enforcing accessibility for, for a while. And so that’s their role. However we will be enforcing whether they, the sites have accessibility statements or not because that’s an additional thing on top of the Equality Act. Laura Stevens: So you’re gonna be very busy over the next year and onwards from there. Chris Heathcote: Yes. I mean it’s never ending. Yes we’re recruiting at the moment - the Audit Team. Laura Stevens: Are you giving a plug on the podcast if anyone’s listening and they want to apply? Chris Heathcote: Well we will, we, we’ll certainly have some roles opening over the next year. Laura Stevens: And how will you find this sample of websites, or do we not know this yet? Chris Heathcote: We’ve spent quite a while coming up with a list of what is the public sector and what isn’t. Laura Stevens: Yes. Chris Heathcote: And also what websites they have. There’s another team in GDS called the Domain Management Team, who have also been trying to look at what websites government runs, and what the public sector runs. And they’re more tasked with making sure that the domains remain secure and are being used properly. But you know this list hasn’t existed before. So we’ve also approached it, we’ve crea--we’ve gathered lots of open data that government publishes around public sector organisations. And we’re using that to create a sort of master list of the public sector that we will then sample against. Laura Stevens: Rianna you actually mentioned this earlier, and I know you’ve joined GDS relatively recently in the summer of last year. And sometimes I think accessibility can be landed on a person, one person in an organisation, and that it can feel quite overwhelming when suddenly there are regulations that people need to, and they need to learn a lot of knowledge quite quickly, how did you find that when you joined and you were given the accessibility campaign to manage? When you had to learn all this information, what did you find that was helpful or how did you find that process? Rianna Fry: Well I think I’ve been really lucky in that I was surrounded by experts at GDS. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: And also there is so much information on GOV.UK. And I mean, that’s not a plug, it’s true. And so like I said before, Charlotte Downs for example, she, when she, when we started working on this together she did a load of research on different things. Because I mean, even once you know it, even once you’ve been through some training on how to create an accessible document. When you’re knocking together a document, it’s really easy to forget. Like I said, it’s behaviour change. So I think it’s about checking in with other people and asking other people to just check over content. You know I remember when I first started working on this project and I sent out a survey and I made an assumption that it was accessible and it wasn’t. And that was.. Laura Stevens: And it was a survey about accessibility? Rianna Fry: It was, yeah. Laura Stevens: Oh, yeah. Rianna Fry: I mean it was a steep learning curve. Thankfully it was only live for about 2 minutes before I noticed. Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: And me and Richard [Morton] then worked together on some stuff, but I think that’s what it’s about, it’s about asking people to check in. And you know things aren’t always going to be perfect but that’s why it helps to be part of communities so that you’ve kind of got constructive friends Laura Stevens: Yes. Rianna Fry: that can give you constructive feedback on how you can improve what you're doing. So I think, yeah it’s about seeing what’s out there and speaking to people and asking people to, for feedback on what you’re doing. Laura Stevens: And I know we mentioned before the communities are very active, the blog posts are very active, but also so you’re running the campaign for accessibility, we’ve had 75,000 visits to the GOV.UK guidance since August 2019. And you’ve also created a campaigns pack, and is that for people, who who’s that for? Rianna Fry: So that’s for supporters. So for us, as Chris said this is a massive job, there are so many organisations that need to know about this. And the people that are potentially responsible for managing a public sector website aren’t necessarily in digital roles. They’re not necessarily people that GDS are talking to or aware of. So if you think about things like GP surgeries for example, they fall into the remit of public sector. Now my GP surgery definitely doesn’t have a digital team. So the, the point of the supporter pack is to try and get especially central government teams onboard, their engagement and communications teams on board and talking to people about the regulations. So we’re trying to make it easier by bringing that information into one place, which is all the point of the campaign page. So we’ve tried to break it down into 4 steps. So signposting people to guidance that will help them to understand whether or not they’re going to be impacted. Believe it or not, some people aren’t sure whether or not they’re classed as a public sector organisation. Then secondly deciding how to check the accessibility of their websites. Then making a plan to fix any problems and lastly publishing an accessibility statement, which really summarises the findings and the plans to fix any issues. Laura Stevens: And you’re saying there that this is all in one place, where is that place? Rianna Fry: So it’s on GOV.UK/accessibility-regulations. Laura Stevens: So if, so if I’m from the public sector I can go there and just… Rianna Fry: Absolutely. Yeah, it’s an open web... Laura Stevens: Yeah. Rianna Fry: ...webpage. And I’m, I mean my information’s on the supporter pack so if there are any campaign people out there that want to talk to me, then I’m more than happy to share any additional resources that we’ve got, that we’re using internally and whatever else. Laura Stevens: And do you have any sort of top tips, or from your work you’ve done in sort of starting this work on accessibility. Are there any sort of things where you’ve spoken to other organisations, you’ve been like oh that’s a good thing to share. Any best practice or anything like that? Chris Heathcote: I mean I think that, that it isn’t just all..it isn’t just a single thing that people need to do. You know we understand that people have websites and they might need to retrofit some accessibility onto that but it is really about changing processes. So especially when we talk to people like local authorities, the number of people that publish on the website is quite large and it’s educating them to know how to make good PDFs, how to write well, how to, how generally how accessibility of content works. And making sure there’s a process to make sure that that happens. That needs to be in place as much as actually fixing the website and the technical aspects of accessibility. Rianna Fry: And I think education is really important. So I think what helps is to tell, help colleagues across organisations to understand why they need to do certain things. And I think it helps that people, people have an awareness of the Equality Act, and understand when something is law. So I think that helps and I would say to try and use that to, yeah really educate people and try and get people on board internally. Laura Stevens: So as a closing segment I thought it might be nice to ask both of you if there’s something in particular that motivates you to work in accessibility, or if there’s something you’ve come across in your work that’s made a real impact on you, and sort of galvanised you to keep going on this. Chris Heathcote: I mean I think we, what we see is when we talk to users, and we talk to users all the time, is it gives people independence. People can do things for themselves, they can self-serve, they can see the content on GOV.UK. And it’s, it’s something that they’ve you know, moving digitally has actually changed people’s lives. Rianna Fry: Yeah, I think I’d echo that you know. And it’s important that organisations know about the regulations. So supporting those really hard working digital colleagues that spend a load of time researching what, what works for users, and a load of time trying to tell other people how to, you know why PDFs shouldn’t be used. So I think for me, that’s really important. And also just you know that lightbulb, seeing that lightbulb moment of people going ‘oh god, yeah we really should be doing this and being able to signpost them to the tools to be able to kind of put it into action. Laura Stevens: So thank you to Rianna and thank you to Chris for coming on the podcast today. I hope you’ve enjoyed being on the GDS podcast, a first for both of you. Chris Heathcote: Yeah. Thanks for having us. Rianna Fry: Yeah. Thanks for having us. And thank you for choosing accessibility to be your first podcast of the decade. Laura Stevens: Well I do. Rianna Fry: Not just the year, the decade! I mean it feels like it’s really significant. This is going to be a podcast that people remember. Laura Stevens: And so yeah, you can listen to all the episodes of the Government Digital Service podcast on Apple Music, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. And the transcripts are available on Podbean. So thank you both again, and goodbye! Chris Heathcote: Bye. Rianna Fry: Thanks!
"Beyond East West Street: the Path of Human Rights" - Philippe Sands QC delivers the inaugural annual lecture of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in Dublin, Ireland on 16 December 2019. Philippe Sands is Professor of Law at University College London, and a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers in London. He appears as counsel before international courts and sits as an arbitrator. He is author of Lawless World (2005) and Torture Team (2008) and several academic books on international law. East West Street: On the Origins of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide (2016) won the 2016 Baillie Gifford (formerly Samuel Johnson) Prize, the 2017 British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year, and the 2018 Prix Montaigne. The sequel, which is also the subject of a BBC podcast, The Ratline, will be published in April 2020. Philippe is President of English PEN and a member of the Board of the Hay Festival. This podcast was produced by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was established under statute on 1 November 2014 to protect and promote human rights and equality in Ireland, to promote a culture of respect for human rights, equality and intercultural understanding, to promote understanding and awareness of the importance of human rights and equality, and to work towards the elimination of human rights abuses and discrimination.
This podcast brings together insights from expert speakers on the topic of online hate speech in Ireland drawn from the event 'A More Social Media: Human Rights and Equality in the Digital Public Sphere' which was hosted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on 28 November 2018. Contributions from Emma Dabiri, Dr Sindy Joyce, Siobhan Cummiskey, Dr Tarlach McGonagle, Dr Eugenia Siapera and Dr Gavan Titley. Transcript available at the following link: www.ihrec.ie/podcasts/
Social media facilitates the rapid spread of ideas, and hate speech is no exception. Protecting human rights and equality in the digital arena is an increasingly urgent challenge for our society and democracy. The potential for intolerance online to shape politics and public debate offline is becoming one of the hallmarks of the digital age. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, as Ireland’s national human rights and equality body, brought together international experts and commentators from the worlds of law, media, academia and tech to discuss the nature of online hate speech, and how to tackle it. The podcast transcript is available at the following link: https://www.ihrec.ie/app/uploads/2019/01/Podcast-Transcript-A-More-Social-Media.pdf
PRESIDENTIAL candidate Peter Casey has claimed Travellers should not be recognised as a ethnic minority because they are “basically people camping in someone else's land”. The businessman launched a lengthy attack on the community, arguing: “They are not paying their fair share of taxes in society.” There were celebrations in Leinster House last year when the Dáil gave formal recognition to Travellers as a distinct ethic group within the State. The move was described as historic by then-Taoiseach Enda Kenny. However, Mr Casey said: “That's a load of nonsense. They are not from Romany or whatever.” In a wide-ranging interview, on Independent.ie's podcast, ‘The Floating Voter', the candidate also criticises RTÉ's handling of Monday's televised debate and says he will apologise to Michael D Higgins for claiming taxpayers fund his dog-grooming bill if the President can produce receipts. Mr Casey claims he warned RTÉ about the potential for an audience to interrupt the ‘Claire Byrne Live' debate as happened on Monday night. In a statement to Independent.ie, RTÉ disputed this assertion and said all candidates were aware of the selection process for audience members. RTÉ also denied there was a dispute between management and Mr Casey after the show, saying the all the candidates were thanked for their attendance. “RTÉ continues to be in communication and liaise with Mr Casey's team today and he is scheduled to do an one to one interview on the RTÉ Six One News live,” a spokesperson said. When challenged on the podcast about his views on Travellers, Mr Casey doubled down, saying the arrival of Travellers in an area “devastates the prices of the houses”. “Let's call a spade a spade. Your house price doesn't start going through the roof as soon as you get two dozen Travellers moving in down the street from you.” He cited an ongoing dispute in Tipperary where six new homes are lying empty in a €1.7m development because families living on an unauthorised site nearby are refusing to move in until they get stables for horses. “I mean how ridiculous have we become as a society where they are turning down beautiful, four-bedroom houses because there'll blackmailing the county council into giving them stables for their horses. “I'm sorry, there's something seriously wrong with society when we're at that stage,” Mr Casey said. His comments were last night described by Pavee Point as “informed and grossly insulting and offensive”. And David Joyce, a member of the Travelling community and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, told the Irish Independent: “He should withdraw from the campaign. He's shown he's not fit to represent all the people of Ireland. “This man is a racist. He is scapegoating my community.” Mr Joyce, who is also a solicitor, added: “I don't think any presidential campaign in the past has ever stooped to this level of blatant racism.” Martin Collins, Co Director, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, said: “These comments put his presidential campaign on the same level as a local election where people play the nimby card to gain votes, as we have seen so often in the past. “This potentially can feed into racist stereotypes and it is both reckless and irresponsible and certainly not befitting anyone standing to be President for all the people of Ireland.” The interview was described as “very concerning” by Shane O'Curry, director of the European Network Against Racism, which has 87 member organisations in Ireland.
[Original release: 14 December 2017] UK and EU equality law has evolved very much in parallel, with regular exchange and cross-pollination. The present Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is responsible for law in England, Scotland, and Wales, was established by the Equality Act of 2006. The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland was established with the Northern Ireland Act of 1998, a clear recognition of the importance of equality to the peace process. There are undoubtedly unique considerations and concerns with regard to equality in Northern Ireland, which we discuss in this episode with Evelyn Collins, Chief Executive of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. For more information about the work of the Equality Commission, please visit: equalityni.org Interview with: Dr Evelyn Collins (Equality Commission for Northern Ireland) Produced by: Dr Kira Allmann (University of Oxford) Music by: Rosemary Allmann
The EU has played an important role both internationally and domestically in EU member states, in developing and protecting equality rights in the interest of ensuring peace and security. UK and EU equality law has evolved very much in parallel, with regular exchange and cross-pollination. Today, equality commissions in the UK handle the protection and enforcement of equality law. The present Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is responsible for law in England, Scotland, and Wales, was established by the Equality Act of 2006. The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland was established with the Northern Ireland Act of 1998, a clear recognition of the importance of equality to the peace process. There are undoubtedly unique considerations and concerns with regard to equality in Northern Ireland, which we discuss in this episode with Evelyn Collins, Chief Executive of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. For more information about the work of the Equality Commission, please visit: equalityni.org Interview with: Dr Evelyn Collins (Equality Commission for Northern Ireland) Produced by: Dr Kira Allmann (University of Oxford) Music by: Rosemary Allmann [Recorded: 20 October 2017 / Released: 14 December 2017]
Joining us are Councillor Tim Atwood and Michael Wardlow from the Equality Commission.
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Alan Shatter became minister of justice in 2011. Brian Purcell, his secretary general, was judged to be running a grossly incompetent department. Shatter extravagantly complained that the Guerin Report was a breach of his human rights and called on the Human Rights and Equality Commission to investigate the process, and he humiliatingly lost a case challenging the findings […]
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Alan Shatter became minister of justice in 2011. Brian Purcell, his secretary general, was judged to be running a grossly incompetent department. Shatter extravagantly complained that the Guerin Report was a breach of his human rights and called on the Human Rights and Equality Commission to investigate the process, and he humiliatingly lost a case challenging the findings […] The post Here's How 14 - Bashir Otukoya and Alan Shatter appeared first on Here's How.
Dr. Lucy Michael and Dr. Fidele Mutwarasibo visit The Context of White Supremacy. Dr. Michael is an Admitted Racist. She's a sociology lecturer at the University of Ulster; her research focuses on race and ethnicity, minority experiences of crime and victimisation, and leadership around equality issues. Dr. Mutwarasibo was born in Rwanda and moved to Ireland in 1995. He earned a PhD in sociology, is a founding member of the Africa Centre, and a member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. He's conducted substantial research on immigrants' rights and racism against non-white people seeking refuge in Ireland. Dr. Lucy suggested we invite Dr. Mutwarasibo on the program. We'll examine her remarks from this year's European Network Against Racism (ENAR) conference, where she emphasized that "black and black African people experience the most racism." INVEST in The COWS - http://tiny.cc/ledjb CALL IN NUMBER: 760.569.7676 CODE 564943# SKYPE: FREECONFERENCECALLHD.7676 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p
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