Tackling equality and targeting social need: improving the infrastructure
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 25p
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This paper considers two recent initiatives in Northern Ireland relating to targeting social need and inequalities. While the paper deals with each separately they should be seen as complementary. The first initiative is a legislative duty found in Section 75 of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, which followed the ‘Good Friday (or Belfast)Agreement’. This requires public authorities to pay due regard to the promotion of equality of opportunity for nine categories of people. In brief, the nine equality categories relate to: gender, age, marital status, disability, with/without dependants, religious belief, political opinion, racial group, and sexual orientation. The Northern Ireland Act also requires public bodies to promote good relations between people of different religious belief, political opinion or racial group. The second initiative is a cross Departmental policy New Targeting Social Need (New TSN) which aims to tackle social need and social exclusion. While unique to Northern Ireland, New TSN has features similar to other strategies in Great Britain that are designed to combat deprivation, disadvantage, poverty and social exclusion.
- Subject terms:
- marriage, physical disabilities, religions, racial discrimination, sex discrimination, social exclusion, age discrimination, equal opportunities, gender;
- Content type:
- government publication
- Location(s):
- Northern Ireland
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