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UK - Equal opportunities: underpinning effective practice
An understanding of issues around equality of opportunity is a pre-requisite for effective guidance. This section starts to explore some complex issues related to this area, both on a national level and within Europe. This part of the website aims to:
- Acknowledge the complexity of how disadvantage operates
- Emphasise the importance of a commitment to the pursuit of 'equal opportunities' that extends beyond knowledge of legislation
- Highlight the need for this commitment to address all aspects of disadvantage and permeate every activity
- Give an insight to equal opportunities issues in Denmark, Finland, Greece and Slovenia – so that we can learn from each other.
- Provide practical resources and relevant links for those who want to know more.
There are sub-sections focusing on:
Gender,
Race and Ethnicity,
Asylum seekers,
immigrants and refugees ,
Disability,
Age,
Sexual orientation ,
and
Socio-Economic Context.
Much research currently focuses on single dimensions of inequality. However, it is increasingly acknowledged that there is often a multi-dimensional aspect to inequality. The section on '
cross-cutting disadvantage' addresses this broader context.
You can also browse for links to web resources in our constantly updated social bookmarks. We have two social bookmarks resource bases:
The EGCRF's main social bookmarks
, and
CeGS social bookmarks
(social bookmarks with a strong component of bibliographic materials).
- Links to subsections:
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