The Women's Resource Centre has produced a number of guides for public bodies on issues relating to women's organisations and gender equality.
Engaging the women's voluntary and community sector: A guide for public bodies
Published by: Women's Resource Centre
This guide is to help public bodies engage more effectively with women's voluntary and community organisations. WRC believes that in this current economic climate it is vital that public bodies and the voluntary and community sector work in partnership to deliver the best outcomes for their local communities.
Briefing on the Public Sector Equality Duty Specific Duties for public bodies
Published by: Women's Resource Centre
A briefing on the Public Sector Equality Duty Specific Duties under the Equality Act 2010, which includes information on what these are, their potential impact and how to meet these duties. The purpose of the specific duties is to ensure better performance of the general duty of public authorities, under the Equality Act 2010, to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and foster good relations between individuals and communities.
CEDAW briefing: The obligations of public bodies in the UK under the Convention to Eliminate all forms of Discrimination Against Women
Published by: Women's Resource Centre
WRC has produced a guide for public bodies highlighting their obligations under the
UN CEDAW Convention, how these can be met and how CEDAW operates alongside other equality and human rights duties.
The impact of commissioning on women's organisations
Published by: Women's Resource Centre
A report on the impact the current trend towards commissioning and procurement has on the women’s voluntary and community sector. Aimed mainly at commissioners, it will also be useful to women’s organisations looking to engage in the commissioning agenda. We focus specifically on the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to highlight how commissioning can, and often does, fail women and their children. We make recommendations as to how the commissioning process can become more effective by engaging the women’s sector and ensure a diverse service provider base.
Gender equality scheme: a template for local public bodies
Published by: Women's Resource Centre
This template outlines some of the cross-cutting issues that public bodies should include in their gender equality schemes. Public bodies should also consult local women's organisations to ensure their concerns are reflected in the scheme.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (
EHRC) have also produced
guidance for public bodies on revising their Gender Equality Schemes.
Realising Rights, Fulfilling Obligations: A template for an integrated strategy on violence against women for the UK
Published by: End Violence Against Women
This document is the culmination of decades of work by activists and academics who have lobbied for violence against women (VAW) to be recognised as a cause and consequence of gender inequality, and for governments to respond with the measures required by international human rights obligations.
The report sets out what an integrated strategy would look like for the UK, whilst paying particular attention to nations and regions; forms of VAW; Black Minority Ethnic women and other disadvantaged groups.
Local Government Improvement and Development (formerly IDeA) provides
up-to-date information on equality policy and practice, such as where to find evidence and data, guidance on legislation and examples of good practice.