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Equality is about more than making empty promises

Posted by Neil Crowther on Thursday, January 17, 2013, In : Equalities 

"We are calling time on equality impact assessments." David Cameron, Prime Minister

"Equality Impact Assessments are not under threat from the Coalition Government" Jo Swinson, Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills

 

Jo Swinson MP’s latest blog (Equality is more than just ticking boxes), apparently written to reassure concerned Liberal Democrats (check out the comments thread – it has failed miserably), exposes the complete lack of coherence – intellectual or otherwise – u...


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Equality impact assessments and why accountability sometimes hides the truth

Posted by Neil Crowther on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, In : Equalities 
In his fascinating book 'The Righteous Mind' Jonathan Haidt provides evidence to show how people think more systematically and self critically when they know in advance that they will have to explain themselves.  To this end, the duty to publish equality impact assessments should help serve to ensure that policy makers and decision-takers reflect properly on the equality implications of options under consideration.  

However, evidence also finds that there are different types of careful reason...

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