Reports & Publications

June 2011

• The Government submitted the UK’s 7th Periodic Report on implementation of the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) to the UN on 10 June 2011. The Report highlights progress over the last four years that the UK has made in areas such as health, employment, education, representation, social and economic benefits, sex role stereotyping, trafficking and marriage and family law. It also provides an update on the situation of women in the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories to which CEDAW has been extended to and these reports are provided as separate annexes. 
• The Government engaged with women and women’s organisations throughout the reporting period to promote the UK’s work on CEDAW and to seek views on potential areas of concern and the next part of the CEDAW process provides interested Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) further opportunity to be involved in the whole process.
• The submission of the State periodic report is usually followed by an in depth one-day oral examination of the State Party by the UN’s CEDAW Committee (the expert body that monitors States parties' compliance with the Convention). We expect this to take place in Geneva early in 2013.
• From now to two weeks before the oral examination NGOs can submit independent or "shadow" reports to the CEDAW Committee detailing concerns about progress on women’s rights in the UK. The CEDAW Committee considers these reports as part of the oral examination process.
• You can access the UK’s 7th Periodic Report here.
• For further information, please visit our CEDAW page http://www.equalities.gov.uk/international/united_nations.aspx

March 2011

• Understanding the stability and sustainability of the violence against women voluntary sector - in 2009, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) commissioned independent research to improve understanding of the stability and sustainability of the voluntary sector services dealing with violence against women (VAW). This publication reports findings from that research.

• Evaluation of the Special Funds for the Sexual Violence Voluntary and Community Sector - in 2010, the Government Equalities Office commissioned an independent evaluation of the 09/10 Special Fund and, retrospectively, of the 08/09 Emergency Fund. This publication and related summary report findings from the evaluation, including the finding that the Funds met the key aims of ensuring continuity of services for victims of sexual violence, and prevented closure of voluntary organisations providing those services, for those organisations which had received grants.

• Violence Against Women and Girls Voluntary Sector – a summary of responses to a Government Equalities Office consultation. This report summarises the responses to a consultation, launched under the previous administration, on action to foster the sustainability of voluntary and community sector groups involved in tackling violence against women and girls. For information on how the Government is taking forward work to tackle violence against women and girls, please see the Government's Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan.

• Equality Act 2010:  The public sector Equality Duty: reducing bureaucracy.  Policy review paper
• End Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan

January 2011

• Equality Act 2010:  The public sector Equality Duty.  Promoting Equality through transparency.  Summary of responses to the consultation.

August 2010

• Equality Act 2010:  The public sector Equality Duty. Promoting equality through transparency.  A consultation.

July 2010

• Equality Act 2010: What do I need to know?

December 2010

• The Government-commissioned report into the prevalence of caste prejudice and discrimination undertaken by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research with a summary available here.

Archive

Reports and publications that GEO made available prior to May 2010 are available from the National Acrhives.