Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate breakdown of policy development and implementation: FOI release

Information requested

I’d like to request your usual good services and ask for a list sub/ governances groups or boards on the divisional level for the Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate These would be groups or boards that brings together external policy stakeholders with the Scottish Government to give strategic oversight of policy development and implementation.

Response

The relevant groups in respect of the Directorate for Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights, set out by division and including website links where available, are:

Equality Division
Addressing Violence Against Minority Ethnic Women Network
BSL [British Sign Language] Implementation Advisory Group (IAG)
Equally Safe Joint Strategic Board
FGM [Female Genital Mutilation] Implementation Advisory Group
LGBTQI+ Stakeholder Group
MARAC [Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference] Working Group
Older People’s Strategic Action Forum (OPSAF)
Social Isolation and Loneliness Advisory Group (SIALAG)

Human Rights Division
Human rights: Capability Building Working Group
Human rights: Incorporation and Implementation Oversight Board
Human rights: Tracker Design Group
Short Life Working Group for the Disability Equality Plan

Mainstreaming and Inclusion Division
Equality and Human Rights Mainstreaming Toolkit Working Group
Faith and Belief Representatives Group
Gypsy/Travellers Ministerial Oversight Group
PSED [Public Sector Equality Duty] Improvement Stakeholder Reference Group
The Hate Crime Strategic Partnership Group

Refugees, Resettlement and Asylum Division

New Scots Core Group
Ukraine Operational Board
Ukraine Programme Board

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