Addressing Equality and Diversity Through the Equality Act of 2010
The Equality Act of 2010, enforced since October, provides a comprehensive legal structure to combat discrimination and inequality. Councillor Paula Wakefield champions equalities and domestic abuse issues at Wigan Council, emphasizing protected characteristics such as youth, older persons, disability, gender reassignment, carers, armed forces, socio-economic disadvantage, ethnicity/race, belief, sex/gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, and civil partnership/marriage.
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Equality and Diversity The Equality Act came into force from October 2010 providing a modern, single legal framework with clear law to better tackle disadvantage and discrimination. Councillor Paula Wakefield is the Lead Member for Equalities and Domestic Abuse at Wigan Council. Protected Characteristic: Youth Section 1 Older Persons Section 1 Section 2 Disability Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Gender reassignment Section 1 Carers Section 1 Armed Forces Section 1 Socio Economic Disadvantage Section 1 Section 2 Ethnicity /Race Section 1 Region & Belief Section 1 Section 2 Sex/Gender Section 1 Sexual orientation Section 1 Pregnancy and Maternity Section 1 Civil Partnership/Marriage Section 1
