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Fawcett publishes new collection of essays on race and gender
The UK's leading women's rights campaign group has launched a ground-breaking collection of essays on the needs of ethnic minority women called 'Seeing Double: race and gender in ethnic minority women's lives'. Edited by zohra moosa, Senior Policy Officer Race & Gender at Fawcett, the collection includes an exclusive interview with Dawn Butler MP on her experiences as one of only two black women MPs in Parliament. The collection also includes contributions from Hannana Siddiqui, Joint Coordinator of Southall Black Sisters, Linda Bellos, founder of Black History Month in the UK and Professor Heidi Safia Mirza, Director of the Centre for Rights, Equalities and Social Justice at the Institute of Education. Baroness Amos, former Leader of the House of Lords and the first black woman in Cabinet, provides the foreword.
zohra moosa said:
"Dawn's extraordinary experiences in Parliament are just one example of the double disadvantage that ethnic minority women face. Stereotypes based on race coupled with outdated gender norms are combining to produce new forms of constraint and discrimination for black women in society. From the way violence against ethnic minority women is discussed to the assumptions that are made about their career ambitions, it is clear that policy makers do not understand how race and gender intersect in ethnic minority women's lives."
Copies of the publication are available online (www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=628) and in hard copy.
'Moving on Up?' - Equality and Human Rights Commission
In October 2005, the Equal Opportunities Commission launched 'Moving on up? Ethnic minority women at work, a major investigation into the participation, pay and progression of ethnic minority women in the GB labour market. This report from the Equal opportunities Commission looks at the experiences of ethnic minority women in the workplace.
www.equalityhumanrights.com
Download a copy of the report
'Promote people not stereotypes' - Equality and Human Rights Commission
The 'Moving on up?' investigation found that widespread stereotypes about Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black Caribbean women make it harder for them to get a job and be promoted. In response to this, The Equal Opportunities Commission is asking for your help to challenge stereotypes and bust the myths in your workplace and will provide you with the tools to do so - FREE OF CHARGE.
Find out what are the most common myths, read inspirational stories from women who have broken through the glass ceiling and engage in debate with others on who has inspired you.
Promote People not Stereotypes
The Gender Agenda - Equality and Human Rights Commission
This final report from the EOC calls for action so that our systems and institutions can catch up with the way we live so that all women and men can achieve equality.
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Social cohesion in diverse communities
An exploration of the relationships between new and established communities in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubID=887
Migrants, integration and local neighbourhoods: fresh evidence from three new studies
An exploration of the experiences outside work of Central and East European migrants. http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubid=888
East European immigration and community cohesion
An exploration of how Eastern European immigration affects community cohesion.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubid=896
