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Tag Archives: Human Rights
Take Action Against the Nationality and Borders Bill
In the last few days one of our Board members Tre Ventour has written about his concerns about the Nationality and Borders Bill. It will be going through to the House of Lords on the 4th of January. We are … Continue reading
#EqualAccess
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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Tagged Asylum Seeker, Human Rights, Northampton University, Refugees
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Gender Pay Gap
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
Posted in Gender Discrimination, Uncategorized
Tagged access to justice, Discrimination, Human Rights, Law
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FGM action in Northamptonshire – people leaving the table
Are we all playing our part to eliminate FGM or are some working on it harder than others. Continue reading
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Tagged Discrimination, FGM, Human Rights, Law, NGH, Northamptonshire, Racism, statistics, Volunteering
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TIME FOR ACTION – RACIAL PROFILING – STOP AND SEARCH
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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Tagged Discrimination, Human Rights, Racism, stop and search
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An Evening with Peter Tatchell On Tuesday Peter Tatchell hosted a lecture for NREC members to mark Hate Crime Awareness Week. The lecture was held at The University of Northampton. Peter explored various issues surrounding hate crime, discrimination and inequality … Continue reading
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Tagged hate crime, hate crime week of action, Human Rights, Law, Northampton University
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#ImAlrightWith HumanRights
Over the last week we’ve been supporting the British Institute of Human Rights #March4HumanRights campaign. You can read more about it here. It’s been really great to see how much support the campaign has been getting. To see more photos … Continue reading
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Tagged British Institute of Human Rights, Human Rights, Twitter
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Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council 