A report looked at how successfully policy measures had tackled the causes of racism. It said that most interventions did not address them. Anti-racist legislation, including action against racial harassment, had not significantly improved workplace conditions for people from black and minority ethnic groups.
Source: Reena Bhavnani, Heidi Safia Mirza and Veena Meetoo, Tackling the Roots of Racism: Lessons for success, Policy Press for Joseph Rowntree Foundation, available from Marston Book Services (01235 465500)
Links: JRF Findings | JRF press release
Date: 2005-Nov
A report said that younger generations from many minority ethnic groups were succeeding in breaking through the class barrier.
Source: Lucinda Platt, Migration and Social Mobility: The life chances of Britain's minority ethnic communities, Policy Press for Joseph Rowntree Foundation, available from Marston Book Services (01235 465500)
Links: Report | JRF Findings | JRF press release
Date: 2005-Nov
The Scottish Executive published a report on race equality in Scotland. It highlighted areas where further action was needed to combat racial discrimination and prejudice.
Source: Scottish Executive Review of Race Equality Work in Scotland: A summary of the review and the way forward, Scottish Executive (0131 556 8400)
Links: Report | SE press release
Date: 2005-Nov
A trade union report used recent government statistics to highlight the extreme social exclusion faced by British people of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin.
Source: Poverty, Exclusion and British People of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Origin, Trades Union Congress (020 7467 1294)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Oct
A committee of MSPs said that, notwithstanding examples of good practice, there was inconsistency across Scotland in good service delivery to Gypsy/Traveller communities.
Source: Preliminary Findings on Gypsy/Travellers: Review of progress, 5th Report, 2005 (Session 2), SP Paper 432, Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee, available from Blackwell's Bookshop (0131 622 8283)
Links: Report | CRE Scotland press release
Date: 2005-Oct
A study examined the experience of parents from minority ethnic backgrounds who became involved in care proceedings. It described what it took for parents from diverse backgrounds to feel that the legal process was fair, and that they had been heard and understood. It also identified some of the barriers to effective communication, and explored issues of ethnicity and cultural variation in explanations of child maltreatment.
Source: Julia Brophy, Jagbir Jhutti-Johal and Eleanor McDonald, Minority Ethnic Parents, Their Solicitors and Child Protection Litigation, Department for Constitutional Affairs (020 7210 8500)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Oct
An article examined the intergenerational social mobility of different ethnic groups between 1971 and 1991.
Source: Lucinda Platt, 'The intergenerational social mobility of minority ethnic groups', Sociology, Volume 39 Issue 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2005-Jul
The Northern Ireland Executive published a race equality strategy for the period 2005-2010.
Source: A Racial Equality Strategy for Northern Ireland 2005-2010, Northern Ireland Executive (028 9052 0500)
Links: Strategy (pdf) | NIE press release
Date: 2005-Jul
A record number of 113 candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds stood as candidates in the May 2005 general election. This was an increase of 47 on the 2001 election.
Source: Press release 5 May 2005, Commission for Racial Equality (020 7939 0000)
Links: CRE press release
Date: 2005-May
The Court of Appeal ruled that a school had acted against the right of a Muslim girl to express her religion, by excluding her because she insisted on wearing the jilbab.
Source: R (Shabina Begum) v Head Teacher and Governors of Denbigh High School, Court of Appeal 2 March 2005
Links: Text of judgement | Guardian report
Date: 2005-Mar
A report by a joint committee of MPs and peers considered the United Kingdom's implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Source: The Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Fourteenth Report (Session 2004-05), HL 88 and HC 471, Joint Committee on Human Rights (House of Lords and House of Commons), TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report
Date: 2005-Mar
A report on black and minority ethnic women drew together research and policy analysis, and called for multiple discrimination to be tackled. Black and minority ethnic women were almost entirely absent from the ranks of decision-makers.
Source: Powerless, Poor and Passed Over: Black and minority ethnic women in the UK, Fawcett Society (020 7253 2598)
Links: Guardian report
Date: 2005-Feb