Author Archives: anjonaroy

Employment Rights in the COVID-19 Crisis

Posted on March 27, 2020 by anjonaroy

With people calling these extraordinary times, as normal in human endeavour there are those that rise and sink to the occasion. Over the last ten years government policies affecting employment rights has be based on the assertion that discrimination is … Continue reading →

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Housing and Discrimination

Posted on March 6, 2019 by anjonaroy

It’s been a big week for housing specialists with an interest in discrimination and discrimination specialists with an interest in housing. On Friday, our friends at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants got their ruling from Judge Martin … Continue reading →

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#EqualAccess

Posted on January 19, 2018 by anjonaroy

In England, Asylum Seekers face the following when it comes to Higher Ed:
• Classified as ‘overseas’ students and have to pay international student tuition fees.
• Cannot access student finance to cover the cost of tuition fees or living costs.
• Cannot work and if they have no money, must live on government support of just 36.95 per week. – HOW can they afford this?
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Gender Pay Gap

Posted on January 8, 2018 by anjonaroy

Last night and this morning the news has been hitting the headlines of BBC editor Carrie Gracie quitting a the China editor as a result of what she described as a ‘secretive and illegal’ gender pay structure which has created … Continue reading →

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FGM action in Northamptonshire – people leaving the table

Posted on January 6, 2018 by anjonaroy

Are we all playing our part to eliminate FGM or are some working on it harder than others. Continue reading →

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Homelessness – A Local Equality Issue

Posted on January 3, 2018 by anjonaroy

Quite rightly over the last few weeks, many of those with a social conscience have been focussed on homelessness and concern about those that find themselves without a home. There are a number of equalities issues that intersect with this … Continue reading →

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TIME FOR ACTION – RACIAL PROFILING – STOP AND SEARCH

Posted on December 15, 2017 by anjonaroy

It appears as if there has been a number of issues that have arose in relation to the Northamptonshire Police’s ‘stop and search’ and it has been  argued that it gives the impression that they are abusing their powers. PACE (the … Continue reading →

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Let’s end Hate Crime

Posted on August 1, 2017 by anjonaroy

Guest Blog post from Chris Amedjou. Chris is a BA Criminology graduate of 2017 and was motivated to write this blog through the experience of his own dissertation. His dissertation was on the Experience of Hate crime: Exploring professional perspectives of … Continue reading →

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Remembering Srebrenica

Posted on July 19, 2017 by anjonaroy

It has been 22 years since mothers lost their children, wives lost their husbands and sisters lost their brothers. It has been 22 years of sadness, anger, emptiness, waiting, uncertainty and grieving. This July it is 22 years since the … Continue reading →

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Reporting 1000 hate posts in four weeks

Posted on May 18, 2017 by anjonaroy

  Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council (NREC) is asking you to support their sponsored Report Hate Crime event by donating as much as they can at http://www.localgiving.org/appeal/NRECStopHateCRISIS. We are attempting to remove 1000 illegal posts on Facebook in 4 weeks. … Continue reading →

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