Race Equality Statement

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Throughout the statement the term 'Black' is used to refer to all those groups who may be the victim of racism and discrimination and as a result may suffer inequality.

'Other minority groups' include those groups who may not identify themselves as Black but share the same experience of racism, discrimination, and inequality of employment & service provision.

Liverpool Women's Aid acknowledge that Black people and people from other minority groups experience racial discrimination and that such discrimination, and that such discrimination had had a powerful effect on the ability of Black people to gain equality of access to a variety of public & private sector services and facilities.

Liverpool Women's Aid acknowledge that Black people and people from other minority groups are currently under represented in its workforce.

A variety of reports and inquiries, including the Swann report, the Gifford Inquiry and Research carried out by the Commission for Racial Equality, have examined and highlighted the extent of how racial discrimination has limited equality of opportunity for Black people and people from other minority groups in Liverpool .

In recognition of such inequalities Liverpool Women's Aid makes a firm commitment to:

• Redressing the imbalance in the racial composition of its workforce.
• Ensure that, irrespective of racial origin, all service users will be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.
• Ensure that, irrespective of racial origin, all service users will be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve

Liverpool Women's Aid is committed to complying with European Directives on race relations. Codes of Practice initiated by the Commission for Racial Equality & with the statutory requirements placed upon it by the Race Relations Act 1976.