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women’s human right to equality and non-discrimination, and maps out the range of actions that governments,Every five years, the CEDAW Committee asks the UK Government (and officials from the Scottish Government,Committee also hears from non-governmental organisations, including Engender, regarding the UK Government’s,We are currently preparing for our input into this year’s review of the UK government’s performance.,we will develop a list of questions for the CEDAW Committee to ask representatives from the UK Government

human rights are an important part of the work of both the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government,acute recent example of this was with the Social Security Bill and the refusal of the Scottish Government,balances are standard practice for any piece of human rights legislation but, sadly, the Scottish Government

plan, and members have now agreed a way forward to work with the rest of the sector, business and government,The goals have cross-party support, they feature throughout Scotland’s Programme for Government, and

For the pace of progress to increase, governments, civil society organisations, businesses and communities,This measures and reports on progress of government in Scotland and the Scottish Government has committed,A ‘whole-of-government’ approach to implementing the SDGs is vital.,Governments, civil society organisations, businesses and communities must work together and learn from,We need coherent implementation of the SDGs across Government and a meaningful forum for all parts of

full document here: SCVO Social Security Bill Briefing Stage 2 Part 3 Our position The Scottish Government’s,If the Scottish Government is committed to realising rights, we believe a rights-based approach must,To ensure the Scottish Government realises their human rights aspirations we would urge the Scottish,Government to further engage with the SHRC ahead of Stage 3.,and a Scottish Government amendment to the Bill.

Briefing As we have said before – most recently in the passing of the Scottish Government’s 2015 Procurement

Do we have good governance in place to ensure we are well run?,we are launching an ‘I Love Charity’ campaign to inspire trust in charities, to promote better governance

On International Women’s day Sheghley Ogilvie looks at issues around gender equality, from ‘every day sexism’ to the serious social problems that stem from basic inequality. This week I went for lunch with a friend. We chatted about this and that and as we all do from time-to...

Download as PDF - SCVO Social Security Bill Briefing Stage 2 Part 2 Our position The Scottish Government’s,If the Scottish Government is committed to realising rights, a rights-based approach must be embedded,throughout the legislation, failure to do so, will allow future governments to ignore the Scottish Government,The Scottish Government have recognised that through a rights-based approach to social security we can,Open Government ambitions.

Withdrawal) Bill, we still hold real concerns about the stock transfer of power from parliament to the government,counterparts in Wales – WCVA - to offer our backing to amendments tabled by the Scottish and Welsh Governments,While these amendments were defeated in the House of Commons, it seems that the UK Government have accepted,At SCVO we welcomed the recent publication of the Scottish Government’s refreshed Scottish Government,It merits a wider discussion and now requires proper engagement and responses from the UK Government