Peace and Human Rights

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Could You Improve the Experience of Coming Out at Work?

By Kelly Feehan, Services Director at wellbeing charity, CABA. For members of the LGBTQ community, coming out at work can sometimes be a deeply emotional and unnerving experience. Some may find it’s the fear of being judged, isolated, or discriminated against by your boss and colleagues for your sexual orientation or identity, either openly or covertly. For others, […]

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Radical Recruit Seeks Homeless Recruitment Initiative Partners

Radical Recruit, a CIC social recruitment agency, is working alongside homelessness charity St Mungo’s to pilot a recruitment project to find up to 100 work-ready individuals permanent employment in less than 100 days. The agency, founded by Emma Freivogel, has supported over 60 people into employment since its launch in October 2019 and has placed

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Universal Credit Algorithm Pushing People into Poverty

The United Kingdom government’s rigid insistence on automating Universal Credit threatens the rights of people most at risk of poverty, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. A comprehensive redesign of how the government calculates the social security benefit is urgently needed to restore people’s rights to a decent standard of living, particularly as they

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COVID-19 restrictions and the effect on human rights

As the nation tries to adapt to co-existing with the COVID-19 pandemic, questions continue to rise about the human rights implications of restrictions on people’s lives. Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Chief Executive, Rebecca Hilsenrath, advises, “We are walking a tightrope. We need to find the balance between saving lives from coronavirus, and allowing people

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Can You Make A Difference When Remote Working?

For organisations all over the globe, many of us have been forced into remote working, whether we like it or not. While some organisations already embraced remote working to varying degrees, for many, it has been a significant change and a huge disruption to daily operations. Despite this, it isn’t without its silver lining. For

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