Race and Human Rights

We believe that all individuals have the fundamental right, regardless of their race or ethnic background, to live with dignity, equity, and freedom from discrimination. Where all public services are held to account and are working to eradicate systemic inequalities. Our vision is a just and equitable society. Our Race for Human Rights programme works with all sectors to help embed embed change.

Although our work focuses on providing much needed support to the ethnic minority sector and its communities, it is equally important to work with and provide support to mainstream white organisations to address systemic and institutional racism through changing racist workplace culture, developing anti-racist policies and practices and ensuring equalities leadership at all levels.

In the broader equalities context, it is also important to view race equality through a human rights lens, incorporating the panel principles, intersectionality and the legal framework.

Events to date have focused on employability issues affecting ethnic minority women in collaboration with The Scottish Government Equality Unit and Employability Team followed by an event with the Scottish Government Violence Against Women Unit to focus on the delivery plan for the ‘Equally Safe’ strategy, which was re-drafted following a public consultation.