Equality and human rights mainstreaming: equality impact assessment
This equality impact assessment (EQIA) results report provides a summary of the key findings from the detailed work undertaken to assess potential equality impacts of the equality and human rights mainstreaming strategy, action plan and toolkit.
Policy Aims – Summary
Our vision is to support the continued growth of strong communities across Scotland, built on a foundation where everyone can fully realise their human rights. These communities will be diverse, inclusive, empowered, resilient and safe. We are committed to addressing the systemic inequalities that persist in Scotland.
Through this work, we aim to contribute to Scotland’s wider efforts to promote equality and human rights for all.
To help achieve this vision the Strategy aims to:
- Remove systemic barriers that prevent equality and human rights being realised.
- Improve how policy decisions are made and delivered, ensuring they are informed by lived experience and evidence.
- Establish the leadership, capability, capacity, culture, and practice needed to embed equality and human rights in Government and public sector policy and service delivery.
- Embed transparency, making it easier for those affected by decisions to hold Scottish Government and the wider public sector to account.
- Improve cross-sectoral collaboration to ensure the effective sharing of resources, information and best practice.
This includes informing the direction and development of policymaking at all stages, especially early stages of influencing and shaping planning and outcomes.
The Strategy is published alongside an action plan, toolkit, and a Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland (PSED) Regulation 12 report.