Is Britain fairer?

The Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes a comprehensive review of progress towards greater equality and human rights protection in Britain – how does your progress compare?

In October 2015, the Equality and Human Rights Commission published a comprehensive review of progress towards greater equality and human rights protection in Britain. Ten major areas of everyday life were investigated, including education, employment, health, identity and participation.

The review revealed that while for many, life has become fairer, for others, progress has stalled and for some, life on many fronts has become worse.

On the plus side, British people have become more tolerant in general of sexual orientation and racial diversity. Legislative and policy reforms have been implemented to help tackle serious human rights abuses such as modern slavery, forced marriage and FGM.

However, key issues and challenges remain. For example:

• there is a widening gap in attainment for white young men from working class backgrounds, areas of social deprivation or where there is a history of unemployment in the family
• there is less tolerance of religious diversity, with an increase in anti-semetic and Islamophobic hate crime
• females outperform males at colleges and universities and are more likely to have a degree, but men still occupy more senior positions; men are twice as likely to be a manager or senior leader, for example
• too many disabled people are not able to access mainstream society.

You can download a summary of the report here

You can download the full report here