Redoubling efforts to tackle race inequality and hate crime as well as improve its ethnic minority workforce diversity, is an essential part of the Human Rights' Commission’s new business plan, published on Monday.
The new business plan includes several new projects with a focus on tackling racism and hate crime as well as promoting equality for ethnic minority groups.
In 2016 the Commission published ‘Healing a divided Britain’, which highlighted the inequality faced by people from ethnic minorities across all areas of life in Britain. In summer 2017, the UK Government will publish an audit seeking to reveal any racial disparities in the provision of services. Building on the findings of these reports, in 2017/18 the Commission promises to press the Government to develop and implement a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to enhance race equality in Britain.
Covering various areas, such as Education, Employment, Identity based prejudice and violence, the Commission plans to focus on tackling identity based bullying, including racism in school, increase opportunities for people from ethnic minorities, reduce pay gaps among ethnic people, enhance political representation for people from ethnic minorities, fight hate crimes, to name a view.
CEO of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Rebecca Hilsenrath, said: “Our business plan will ensure we redouble our efforts to promote race equality and tackle hate crime. It sets out new projects to tackle the barriers that people - especially people from ethnic minorities, still face in their daily lives.
“We must also do more to be an exemplar diversity employer. A lot of this work is well underway. This includes increasing the representation of ethnic minority staff in senior roles by creating a stronger pathway, supported by a positive action programme.
“We know that a more diverse workforce will be critical in making us more effective and will enable us to speak with a stronger and more informed voice on behalf of the diverse communities of Great Britain.
“We are committed to tackling the most severe disadvantages that ethnic minorities face by using our unique powers to make a real difference to people’s lives.”
