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Impact of Employment/EqualityDirectives

Impact of Employment/EqualityDirectives. Patricia Prendiville ILGA-Europe. ILGA-Europe. 10 years European Region of ILGA Working on creating equality for lgbt people throughout Europe – 46 countries.

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Impact of Employment/EqualityDirectives

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  1. Impact of Employment/EqualityDirectives Patricia Prendiville ILGA-Europe ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  2. ILGA-Europe • 10 years • European Region of ILGA • Working on creating equality for lgbt people throughout Europe – 46 countries. • Specifically funded by Community Action Programme to support implementation of Employment Directive which prohibits discrimination on ground of sexual orientation in work/training ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  3. Agree with initial statement in ENAR’s paper – the directives as written are useful, contributed to debate and dialogue and give an opportunity • The Directive (for ILGA-Europe) addressed a key area of life – work, for lgbt people which was greeted very positively. ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  4. But…. • Gaps exposed very quickly in the area of transgender people, the transposition and the implementation of the directive. • Court cases had to be taken • It raised awareness of discrimination, of the need for on-going work and of the exclusions in the directive • Religious ethos, national laws on marriage/partnership means many of the benefits in employment are not available to same-sex partners ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  5. The lack of protection in other areas of life – housing, insurance, mortgages, services, goods, social and healthcare, education • Raised expectations that couldn’t be met because of the limitations. • Cann’t have non-discrimination without public awareness and social attitudes changes or without political will ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  6. What has ILGA-Europe been doing? • Drafting of a Shadow Directive • Lobbying to have similar protections as ‘Race Directive” • Brining the gaps and anomalies to public notice at national and EU levels • Supporting individuals to take cases • Awareness raising, • Work with social partners ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  7. Working to increase the thinking on: • mainstreaming of equality, • multiple discrimination • the interconnections between human rights, equality and non-discrimination • Connections between hate crime, hate speech, discrimination and inequality/denial of human rights ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  8. Issues still current…. • Institutionalised homophobia • Heteronormativity – inb all areas of life – health, education, family, care, families, immigration, asylum, tax provision, social security provision • Need for equality mainstreaming – in laws, regulations, administrative procedures, policies, positive duties ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

  9. Hierarchy of protections • Indirect Discrimination • Ideology of gender, family and society. ILGA-Europe. ENAR - Implementation to Equality. October, 2006

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