There is growing interest from the public sector to undertake
Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs). The purpose of EqIAs is to
measure and record the likely positive and negative impacts
of a strategy, policy or project on the following target equality
groups:
- Gender
EqIA Measuring Impacts on young people
- Disability - including both physical, sensory and mental
impairments
- Age - taking account of older people, (60 and over) younger
people (17-25) and children (16 and under)
- Sexuality - considering impacts on lesbians, gay men and
bi-sexuals
Investigating the impacts on equality groups is now a
statutory
responsibility. Since the introduction of the Race Relations
(Amendment) Act 2000, the equalities agenda has continued to rise
in prominence and more responsibilities have been placed on public
sector bodies. As such, there could be a risk for those who do not
comply.
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