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UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published its new ‘Tackling violence against women and girls strategy’ for...
Government should: Implement programmes and policies that provide effective access to healthcare for women from marginalised groups, particularly asylum-seeking and...
Government should: Provide a written report on the steps it has taken to implement the recommendations in paragrapHs 13, 21(a)...
Governent should: Ratify international human rights instruments it has not yet agreed to be bound by, including the International Convention...
Government should: Share the recommendations of the Committee widely across all levels of government and public bodies, as well as...
Government should: (a) Ensure the law provides for 'no-fault' divorce and introduce a requirement that all religious marriages, including Islamic...
Government should: (a) Provide enough resources to effectively implement the Female Offender Strategy for England and Wales and ensure that...
Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on women's asylum, nationality and statelessness issues: (a) Introduce a...
Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on the rights of rural women: (a) Take action to...
Government should: (a) Ensure that women in abusive situations can receive payments under Universal Credit independent of their partners. (b)...
Government should: Implement the Committee's previous recommendations on abortion law in Northern Ireland, in line with provisions in the Good...
Government should: (a) Urgently implement the Stormont House Agreement, which was adopted by the British and Irish Governments and the...
Government should: (a) Ensure that affordable and accessible childcare is available throughout the UK, particularly in Northern Ireland. (b) Consider...
Government should: In line with advice issued by the UN on women in conflict and post-conflict situations: a) Address obstacles...
Government should: (a) Ensure that vulnerable women can access employment opportunities, housing and social security so they don't need to...
Government should: (a) Adopt in law the internationally agreed definition of human trafficking, as set out in the Palermo Protocol;...
Government should: Fully implement its laws on female genital mutilation (FGM) and take further measures to prosecute people who carry...
Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on gender-based violence: (a) Ratify the Istanbul Convention. (b) Take...
Government should: (a) Strengthen the capacity of the Government Equalities Office so that it can provide national leadership on women's...
Government should: Ensure that women, particularly women in vulnerable situations such as disabled women, ethnic minority women, asylum-seeking and refugee...
Government should: (a) Assess the impact of leaving the EU on women's rights, including those in Northern Ireland, and take...
Government should: Use the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to help implemement the provisions of CEDAW. The Committee calls...
Government should: (a) Take urgent steps to provide redress, including compensation and rehabilitation, for victims identified by the Historical Institution...
Government should: Look at how changes to public spending, tax and welfare are affecting women’s rights. They should take urgent...
Government should: Provide reproductive health care for all women and girls, in line with CEDAW. Government should: Provide reproductive health...
Government should: Continue efforts to tackle domestic violence throughout the UK. Continue its positive efforts to reduce domestic violence throughout...
Government should: Continue tackling discrimination and violence against women and girls. Continue efforts to combat discrimination on any ground and...
Government should: Combat violence against women and girls, in particular domestic violence. Combat violence against women and girls, in particular...
Government should: Take a joined-up approach to preventing violence against women and girls, including harmful practices. Ensure a holistic approach...
Government should: Adopt laws, especially in Northern Ireland, to tackle domestic violence. Ensure all cases of domestic violence are fully...
Government should: Urgently address gender, racial and ethnic discrimination. Make the CERD part of UK law. Pay priority attention to...
Government should: Encourage Northern Ireland to align its law on sexual and reproductive health services and rights with the rest...
Government should: Ensure the abortion law in Northern Ireland is in line with international human rights law. Decriminalise abortion and...
Government should: Ensure that all women and girls in the UK, including Northern Ireland, can access abortions in situations where...
Government should: Monitor the implementation of the 2015 Modern Slavery Act, including its affect on combating trafficking in women and...
Government should: Strengthen measures to combat human trafficking (specifically of women and girls), and to support and rehabilitate victims. Strengthen...
Government should: Adopt a comprehensive strategy to combat trafficking in women and girls. Reinforce the National Referral Mechanism to identify...
Government should: Put the victims at the heart of its strategy to combat human trafficking (especially of women and girls)....
Government should: Introduce policies to prevent trafficking in women and girls. Guarantee a fair trial to victims of trafficking. Adopt...
Government should: Ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence ('Istanbul Convention')....
Government should: Consider ways to encourage migrant domestic workers to report abuse or ill-treatment to authorities, including giving migrant domestic...
Government should: (a) Improve efforts to investigate claims of human trafficking, prosecute perpetrators and ensure that victims obtain compensation. Consider...
Government should: (a) Take steps to address the low prosecution and conviction rates for domestic abuse and sexual violence. Ensure...
Government should: Continue to tackle money laundering and tax evasion, particularly in its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and assess...
Government should: (a) Change laws in Northern Ireland to ensure women there have the same protections as those elsewhere in...
UK Government actions In December 2020, NHS England published revised guidance on visitor restrictions in maternity units during the coronavirus...
Funding cuts to the public health grant have affected sexual and reproductive health budgets, access to services across England varies,...
Government should: (a) Collect and publish disaggregated data on child exploitation and abuse. Make reporting on child exploitation and abuse...
Government should: (a) Revise the Children and Young Persons Act (1933) to protect all under 18s from abuse and neglect...
Government should: Raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years across all devolved administrations and overseas territories. The Committee...
The Welsh Government has taken some positive policy and legislative steps, including a range of actions to address childhood adversity....
The Welsh Government has legislated to make relationships and sexuality education a statutory component of the new curriculum – ensuring...
While the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education (RSE) may create further opportunities for schools to teach children about...
The UK Government’s new relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance is welcome, as is action taken in...
The Welsh Government has legislated to make it mandatory for all school children aged 5–16 to learn about sexual and...
The UK Government has taken some policy and legislative steps to address aspects of violence, abuse and neglect, including its...
Government should: make CERD part of UK and devolved law, and: (a) Ensure caste-based discrimination is banned by immediately bringing...
There have been a number of positive legislative and policy changes to increase education and awareness of the UN Convention...
The introduction of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (the VAWDASV Act) and the...
There have been important recent reforms to strengthen the policy and legal framework, and it will take time for their...
UK Government actions: In April 2022, the Elections Act gained Royal Assent. The stated purpose of the Act is to...
UK Government actions: In September 2022, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy introduced the Retained EU Law (Revocation...
UK Government actions: Between May and August 2022, the UK Government submitted several reports to the UN: its report for...
UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published a revised draft of its statutory guidance for schools, ‘Keeping...
UK Government actions In June 2021, Ofsted published the findings of a UK Government-commissioned review of sexual abuse in schools...
UK Government actions In October 2020, the UK Government updated the ‘headteachers’ standards’, which set baseline expectations for professional practice...
Government should: (a) In line with UN advice on harmful practices, ensure that marriage of 16 and 17-year-olds is based...
Government should: Make CEDAW part of UK and devolved law without delay to ensure all women in the UK are...
Government should: Develop a measurable action plan to improve the lives of disabled people across the UK. The Committee recommends...
Government should: Review its reservations to the Convention and consider withdrawing them. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation that the...
Government should: Urgently amend abortion laws in Northern Ireland. Extend exceptions to the abortion ban to include cases of rape,...
Government should: Take action to tackle violence against women, including domestic violence and sexual abuse, by: (a) prioritising introducing domestic...
Government should: Increase efforts towards equal representation for women in the civil service and the judiciary. Implement the recommendations of...
Government should: Provide information on the impact of the national strategy on gender-based violence (particularly with regard to violence against...
Government should: Ensure childcare services are accessible and affordable, particularly in Northern Ireland. Review the system of shared parental leave....
Government should: (a) Increase the number of women in decision-making roles, in public and private sectors. (b) End the gender...
Government should: Embed the rights of disabled women and girls into disability and gender equality policies. Fully consult on this...
Government should: (a) Fund disabled people's organisations and involve them in planning and implementing all laws affecting disabled people (including...
Government should: Submit its next report to the Committee in March 2023, following the harmonised guidelines on reporting under international...
Government should: (a) Take action to increase the number of women in decision-making roles in the workplace and reduce women's...
Government should: (a) Do more to encourage girls to study non-traditional subjects and courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics;...
Government should: Take specific steps to increase the numbers of women in general, and ethnic minority women and disabled women...
Government should: Engage with the media to eliminate images that stereotype or objectify women, take steps to end negative gender...
Government should: Tackle violence against women. Take further action to combat sexual exploitation and sexual crimes against children. Effectively fight...
Government should: Tackle long-standing discrimination against women in political, economic and social settings, particularly regarding the gender pay gap and...
Government should: Make the necessary changes to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women...
Government should: Strengthen laws in relation to forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Strengthen its legislative framework by including penal...
