On the 4th of September First Minister John Swinney announced his Programme for Government (PfG) 2024-2025. This outlines the current government’s plans for this parliamentary session on the run up to the next Scottish General Election expected to take place in May 2026. Prior to the launch of the PfG, it is important [...]
In December 2022, the Scottish Government published an anti-racist employment strategy as a response to the former EHRCJ’s inquiry on Race Equality, Employment and Skills (2019/20). in 2020. As a contributor to the strategy and witnessing the elaborate and deep probing conversations on how this should be delivered, it has been a pleasure [...]
At the beginning of March, we delivered our human rights and recruitment training to 25 participants ranging from a multitude of public bodies and third sector organisations. The aim of this training was for participants to understand that human rights and recruitment aren’t far removed from each other and [...]
The Race for Human Rights Team is made up of 3 hardworking, creative and passionate individuals: Farah Farzana, Clare Gallagher and Junaid Ashraf. This short blog is aimed at introducing you with our race equality, human rights and community engagement officers. A vital part of each of these roles is mainstreaming and networking and [...]
