Women and Equalities Committee

How to talk to boys about misogyny

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Monday, July 17, 2023
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The government’s Women and Equalities Committee

Key Points: 
  • The government’s Women and Equalities Committee
    recently emphasised the need to combat misogyny through work with young men and boys.
  • It is vitally important that we talk about misogyny with boys.
  • Boys may feel shut out of the conversation, leaving them feeling blamed but unable to contribute to solutions.
  • Here is some guidance on how to talk to boys about misogyny that may be helpful.

Approach the topic without judgment

    • Perhaps you feel anger or disgust at the way girls at school may be made to feel by their male peers.
    • But the first step in addressing this issue is to create dialogue – and this is unlikely to happen if boys feel judged.

Let boys say what they feel

    • You could start by asking your child’s opinion on a particular issue, such as online misogyny influencers or sexual harassment at school.
    • Let your son know that they are able to be honest and you will not judge them.
    • But to truly get to the heart of the matter, boys need to feel that they do not have to stick to a social script and are able to say what they are really feeling.

Listen to their ideas


    Young people are the experts in the world that they live in now. Your child may well know more than you do about how much pornography is shared between teens, what misogynistic influencers are saying, how sexual harassment happens online and what their peers’ views on gender are. They may also have good ideas about tackling misogyny. Make your conversation a discussion, not a lecture, and prepare to learn from them, too.

Masculinity and misogyny aren’t the same

    • There is nothing wrong with a young man or boy identifying with this type of masculinity.
    • We have to make this distinction and separate them when considering masculinity.
    • As parents, we should approach these topics with compassion and an awareness that we are all in this together.

Black women are at greater risk of maternal death in the UK – here’s what needs to be done

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Friday, June 2, 2023
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Although this report only includes data from 2019-2021, reports from previous years show maternal mortality rates have been largely unchanged for the last decade or more.

Key Points: 
  • Although this report only includes data from 2019-2021, reports from previous years show maternal mortality rates have been largely unchanged for the last decade or more.
  • Numerous reports have also shown that black women receive poorer maternity care compared with women from other ethnic backgrounds, which may further contribute to poorer health outcomes.
  • By denying someone credibility, it may make them feel less able to request care and raise worries.

Racial prejudice

    • Often, racial prejudice is a root cause.
    • The NHS Race and Health Observatory has made similar conclusions, showing many black patients experience patronising and judgemental attitudes from healthcare staff.
    • Many justify this lack of engagement on feeble grounds – for instance, by insisting black women are hard to recruit.
    • This may lead to worse health outcomes for these patients, and further diminish levels of trust the black community has in healthcare practitioners and institutions.

Making change

    • While the negative impacts of epistemic injustice on the maternal healthcare that black women receive is clear, addressing these problems within the NHS will require change at nearly every level.
    • Current NHS strategies such as hiring more diverse staff and rethinking research priorities are one step in the right direction.
    • Gynaecology and obstetric researchers must proactively include black women in their studies to ensure their distinctive needs and concerns are met.

Relationships and sex education review: government must remember history of LGBTQ+ discrimination in English schools

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Friday, May 12, 2023
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Sunak’s acceleration of the RSHE education review came after Miriam Cates MP voiced concerns over “age-inappropriate, extreme, sexualising and inaccurate” sex education.

Key Points: 
  • Sunak’s acceleration of the RSHE education review came after Miriam Cates MP voiced concerns over “age-inappropriate, extreme, sexualising and inaccurate” sex education.
  • Rhetoric like this threatens to undermine the positive progress that has been made in sex education in schools – and represents another chapter in the fraught history of LGBTQ+ education.
  • The introduction of statutory relationships and sex education in 2020 was a key step towards the provision of LGBTQ+ inclusive education in England.

Section 28

    • This move was the most recent measure to undo the damage caused to LGBTQ+ education by Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act.
    • Section 28 stated that the local authority should not “intentionally promote homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”.
    • Nevertheless, the passing of Section 28 came at a peak of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in the UK, when 64% of the population believed being gay was “always wrong”.

Years of influence

    • Section 28 normalised discrimination and fostered the bullying of young people in the LGBTQ+ community.
    • It lead to over 20 years of sporadic or neglected coverage of LGBTQ+ identities within schools.
    • By the age of 18, young people are expected to be aware of damaging stereotypes surrounding sexual and gender identity.

Uneven provision

    • However, despite this statutory guidance, LGBTQ+ provision in secondary schools is not comprehensive.
    • The 2020 statutory guidance also leaves significant room for inconsistency in LGBTQ+ provision within faith schools.
    • As with all secondary schools, faith schools are now required to teach content on same-sex relationships.

Limak Investment receives the UNDP Gender Equality Seal for its work in the field of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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ISTANBUL, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limak Investment, one of the Limak Group of Companies, has received the UNDP Gender Equality Seal Certificate of Achievement for fulfilling all the requirements of the UNDP Global Programme on Business for Gender Equality.

Key Points: 
  • ISTANBUL, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limak Investment, one of the Limak Group of Companies, has received the UNDP Gender Equality Seal Certificate of Achievement for fulfilling all the requirements of the UNDP Global Programme on Business for Gender Equality.
  • The UNDP Global Programme on Business for Gender Equality works with businesses to promote equal opportunities by reducing gender gaps and promoting gender equality in corporate practices.
  • Under the programme, global standards on equality are applied to companies' corporate policies and business processes using objective indicators.
  • "Thanks to this programme offered by UNDP globally, we have made intensive efforts to complete the Equality Seal Programme within Limak Investment," said Ebru zdemir.

Specialist advisers for Women and Equalities Committee

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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TheWomen and Equalities Committeeexamines the work of the Government Equalities Office.

Key Points: 
  • TheWomen and Equalities Committeeexamines the work of the Government Equalities Office.
  • It holds Government to account on equality law and policy, including the Equality Act 2010 and cross Government activity on equalities.
  • We are looking for motivated and confident specialist advisers who can work well within a small team.
  • A daily honorarium is paid to advisers on the basis of an established scale (further information available on application).

Specialist advisers for Women and Equalities Committee

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Government Equalities Office, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Equality Act, Women and Equalities Committee, Social equality, British MPs, Government of the United Kingdom

TheWomen and Equalities Committeeexamines the work of the Government Equalities Office.

Key Points: 
  • TheWomen and Equalities Committeeexamines the work of the Government Equalities Office.
  • It holds Government to account on equality law and policy, including the Equality Act 2010 and cross Government activity on equalities.
  • We are looking for motivated and confident specialist advisers who can work well within a small team.
  • A daily honorarium is paid to advisers on the basis of an established scale (further information available on application).

Specialist advisers for Women and Equalities Committee

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Government Equalities Office, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Equality Act, Women and Equalities Committee, Social equality, British MPs, Government of the United Kingdom

TheWomen and Equalities Committeeexamines the work of the Government Equalities Office.

Key Points: 
  • TheWomen and Equalities Committeeexamines the work of the Government Equalities Office.
  • It holds Government to account on equality law and policy, including the Equality Act 2010 and cross Government activity on equalities.
  • We are looking for motivated and confident specialist advisers who can work well within a small team.
  • A daily honorarium is paid to advisers on the basis of an established scale (further information available on application).

MPs questioned on equality in the House of Commons

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Saturday, July 13, 2019
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Women and Equalities Committee examines how the House of Commons addresses equality issues

Key Points: 
  • The Women and Equalities Committee holds the second session of its inquiry into how the House of Commons is addressing equality issues and meeting the needs of both women and men, particularly in relation to Members of Parliament.
  • In this session, MPs question the Chairs of key Committees about scrutiny of implementation of recommendations in The Good Parliament report 2016 and the UK Gender Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018.
  • Charles Walker MP, Chair of the Procedure Committee, House of Commons
    Sir Paul Beresford MP, Chair of the Administration Committee, House of Commons
    Sir Bernard Jenkin MP, Chair of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons

MPs questioned on equality in the House of Commons

Retrieved on: 
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Legislatures, Westminster system, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Administration Committee, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Bernard Jenkin, Women and Equalities Committee, 41st Canadian Parliament, Constitutional Affairs Committee, Parliament of Singapore, House of Commons of Canada, Liaison Committee

Women and Equalities Committee examines how the House of Commons addresses equality issues

Key Points: 
  • The Women and Equalities Committee holds the second session of its inquiry into how the House of Commons is addressing equality issues and meeting the needs of both women and men, particularly in relation to Members of Parliament.
  • In this session, MPs question the Chairs of key Committees about scrutiny of implementation of recommendations in The Good Parliament report 2016 and the UK Gender Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018.
  • Charles Walker MP, Chair of the Procedure Committee, House of Commons
    Sir Paul Beresford MP, Chair of the Administration Committee, House of Commons
    Sir Bernard Jenkin MP, Chair of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons

MPs questioned on equality in the House of Commons

Retrieved on: 
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Legislatures, Westminster system, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Administration Committee, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Bernard Jenkin, Women and Equalities Committee, 41st Canadian Parliament, Constitutional Affairs Committee, Parliament of Singapore, House of Commons of Canada, Liaison Committee

Women and Equalities Committee examines how the House of Commons addresses equality issues

Key Points: 
  • The Women and Equalities Committee holds the second session of its inquiry into how the House of Commons is addressing equality issues and meeting the needs of both women and men, particularly in relation to Members of Parliament.
  • In this session, MPs question the Chairs of key Committees about scrutiny of implementation of recommendations in The Good Parliament report 2016 and the UK Gender Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018.
  • Charles Walker MP, Chair of the Procedure Committee, House of Commons
    Sir Paul Beresford MP, Chair of the Administration Committee, House of Commons
    Sir Bernard Jenkin MP, Chair of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons