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‘We need to push’: hair discrimination fight moves to UK workplaces

Campaigners welcome guidance to prevent discrimination in schools and set sights on employers

The Guardian - UK

Black worker snubbed by colleagues at Cartier and Montblanc company wins race case

Colleagues at the luxury firm where Cheryl Spragg worked refused to get in a lift with her and she was told there was a “preference for white continental Europeans" for a job she applied for

Daily Mirror

Have you experienced weight stigma? Body shame and blame highlights a problem in our health system

Evie has confronted a widespread and often unchallenged form of discrimination in Australia — weight stigma. And recent research says it's doing us harm.

ABC News

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Tell us about your experiences of hair discrimination

We would like to hear your experiences of hair discrimination, in schools, workplaces, or any other public setting

The Guardian - UK

China to revise women's protection law for first time in decades

Legislation aimed at giving women in China more protection against gender discrimination and sexual harassment at work was submitted to China's parliament on Thursday after a third revision and extensive public input.

Reuters

Schools in UK warned not to ban minority pupils’ hair styles

Uniform policies that ban certain hairstyles, without the possibility for exceptions to be made on racial grounds, likely to be unlawful

Evening Standard

Discriminating against ethnic minority pupils’ hairstyles is now much harder

EHRC guidance is a watershed, but the problem of hair discrimination in workplaces and public spaces remains

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Schools in Great Britain warned not to ban minority pupils’ hair styles

Equality watchdog says appearance policies should include exceptions on racial and religious grounds

The Guardian - UK

Belarusians are facing discrimination and blame for Russia's war in Ukraine

In late September 2022, the International Congress of Belarusian Studies was held in Kaunas, Lithuania. After it ended, an attendee’s car broke down. He took it to a garage but the management refused to service a car owned by a Belarusian. Ultimately, it had to be towed back over the…

The Conversation

Maryland State Police troopers allege racial discrimination in a new lawsuit

The 40-page class-action lawsuit alleges the state's law enforcement agency has a history of engaging in systemic discrimination against its officers of color.

WEKU

Make poverty discrimination illegal like racism or sexism, official to tell UN

Exclusive: ‘Povertyism’ restricts access to education, housing, employment and social benefits and must be outlawed, says special rapporteur

The Guardian - UK

Canadian tribunal seeks revamp of C$20 billion deal for First Nations children

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), whose landmark decisions on discrimination against First Nations children set the stage for a historic C$20 billion compensation agreement, threw the deal into doubt after it said the agreement does not fully satisfy its orders.

Reuters

How Quebec’s Human Rights Commission Drove Out Its First Black Female President

When she was appointed to run the commission, Tamara Thermitus expected to fight racism in her province. Instead, she had to deal with it in her workplace

The Walrus

Football ‘seeing a significant increase in discrimination’, DCMS told

Kick It Out chair Tony Burnett was speaking to a DCMS committee on Tuesday

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Football ‘seeing a significant increase in incidents of discrimination’

FOOTBALL at all levels is experiencing a rise in instances of discrimination, Kick It Out chair Tony Burnett told a DCMS committee on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Locals furious at out-of-town diner whose complaint got pub's Ladies Night cancelled

The Star Inn pub's long running Ladies Night is cancelled after one man claimed the night was 'discrimination' after not wanting to pay the pubs full price for food.

Daily Mirror

Baker who refused to make cake for lesbian wedding wins landmark court case

Cathy Miller cited her Christian beliefs when she refused to make a cake for couple Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio. Furious the care lodge a discrimination case which has now been dismissed by a judge

Wales Online

Stagecoach bus driver loses sex discrimination case

A boss told a female bus driver 'I feel sorry for your husband'.

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Why are we still waiting for equal pay after 50 years?

On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, we need to not merely prohibit but instead prevent discrimination in pay on the basis of sex, ethnicity or disability, says Dr Claire Dale

Glasgow Live

Call for Glasgow artists to tackle mental health stigma in art fund application

The Anti-Stigma Arts Fund – operated by See Me – provides funds for individuals, groups, and organisations to create artwork to address mental health discrimination.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire artists urged to apply for fund to help tackle mental health stigma

See Me’s Anti-Stigma Arts Fund now open for applications

Daily Mirror

Taking the knee has come and gone again but football's racism issues still exist

There are still a number of challenges regarding discrimination in football and progress continues to move at a slow pace despite the increase in awareness on the subject following the Black Lives Matter movement

Chicago Sun-Times

Former north suburban police officer sues to get job back, alleging discrimination

Brianna Tedesco said she was unjustly fired from the Lakemoor Police Department in July 2019 after struggling with a gun-wielding man during a traffic stop.

Benzinga

Louisiana Panel Will Examine Protecting Legal Medical Marijuana Patients On The Job

In June, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) signed nearly 100 bills into law aimed at protecting medical marijuana patients. Among them was one from Rep.

The Independent UK

Nevada voters weigh state version of Equal Rights Amendment

Nevada voters are deciding whether to adopt an Equal Rights Amendment into their state constitution, which would add language guaranteeing equal rights to groups of people who have historically been discriminated against

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