Thank you so much for this very timely post. So many public sector policies just don’t have an EqIA at all. Or it’s so poorly written.
Any advice please (or maybe a follow up post) on what data and consultations a good example would use? And typical details to challenge. For example:
Numerous policies don’t list the 9 protected characteristics properly. Gender is often inserted in place of sex. Or sex is just missed out entirely. There were other basic mistakes. Is there a guide on how to write a good EqIA anywhere that we can use as a checklist?
I saw one NHS Trust that had used data from their own area only. The sample size was obviously too small. Any suggestions for female based data with large enough samples? YouGov polling on attitudes to different sex/gender reassignment issues?
If public bodies are conflating sex and gender in the data they gather - how do we challenge their figures? For example the Society of Radiographers want to allow males into the profession. Up to now it should have been female only. How does anyone find out how many males are working lawfully in mammography prior to 16th May 2025 if those males have inaccurate sex data on their employment records?
Etc etc. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for such a great post
Thank you so much for this very timely post. So many public sector policies just don’t have an EqIA at all. Or it’s so poorly written.
Any advice please (or maybe a follow up post) on what data and consultations a good example would use? And typical details to challenge. For example:
Numerous policies don’t list the 9 protected characteristics properly. Gender is often inserted in place of sex. Or sex is just missed out entirely. There were other basic mistakes. Is there a guide on how to write a good EqIA anywhere that we can use as a checklist?
I saw one NHS Trust that had used data from their own area only. The sample size was obviously too small. Any suggestions for female based data with large enough samples? YouGov polling on attitudes to different sex/gender reassignment issues?
If public bodies are conflating sex and gender in the data they gather - how do we challenge their figures? For example the Society of Radiographers want to allow males into the profession. Up to now it should have been female only. How does anyone find out how many males are working lawfully in mammography prior to 16th May 2025 if those males have inaccurate sex data on their employment records?
Etc etc. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for such a great post