Annual Report 2000.pdf (size 2.3 MB) - Equality Authority

Key Objective 2
This objective is achieved by three distinct means:
1 Providing guidance and direction in the
development of equality strategies
A) Codes of Practice
The Equality Authority initiated work on three Codes of Practice during
the year.These cover:
Sexual harassment and harassment
Access to pubs, nightclubs, hotels and restaurants
Membership of golf clubs
A participative process was established involving an invitation for
submissions and meetings with relevant parties. Background research
was carried out and drafting initiated.
2 Measuring progress towards equality
A) Data Collection Issues
There is a lack of appropriate quantitative and qualitative data across
the nine grounds covered by the equality legislation. Such data is
essential to the pursuit of equality.
The Equality Authority commissioned a background paper on data
issues. The report states that the key principles for data collection
should be:
To improve presentation and dissemination of existing data
To improve systems for measurement, concepts, definitions and
classifications
To extend data collection to provide statistics where data gaps exist.
In May 2000, "Building the Picture" was published as part of the Equality
Authority's "Opinion Series". The launch of the Report included a
Round Table discussion with relevant interests such as academics,
representatives from the Central Statistics Office, the ESRI, Government
Departments and equality interests.The report identified and discussed
problems with data collection and how they could be addressed.
Recommendations were made to the Equality Authority on how the
issues should be tackled.
page 46 The Equality Authority - Annual Report 2000 - Key Objective 2