{"id":1023,"date":"2019-10-24T15:08:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/participation-lab\/?page_id=1023"},"modified":"2019-10-24T15:08:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:08:48","slug":"rights-based-mapping-of-race-and-religion-in-equalities-and-discrimination-in-statutory-service-provision-in-reading-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/participation-lab\/rights-based-mapping-of-race-and-religion-in-equalities-and-discrimination-in-statutory-service-provision-in-reading-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights-based mapping of race and religion (in-)equalities and discrimination in statutory service provision in Reading project"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ACRE, Equalities Alliance & Participation Lab <\/strong>collaborative research project <\/strong><\/p>\n

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This project aims to conduct a rights-based mapping of race and religion (in)equalities and discrimination experienced by people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds within statutory services in Reading. It will investigate practitioners\u2019 and community members\u2019 experiences, focusing on key settings such as housing, community safety, police and community relations, healthcare and youth services.<\/p>\n

Adopting a human rights-based approach \u00a0and working in partnership with third sector organisations supporting and advocating for BAME groups, the research will seek to address the following research questions:<\/p>\n

1.Who is experiencing discrimination or harassment on the basis of race or religion? With which statutory services or agencies?<\/p>\n

2.Which issues\/problems are being reported by people from BAME groups to third sector and statutory authorities?<\/p>\n

3.How do organisations and agencies support people experiencing discrimination or harassment on the basis of race or religion?<\/p>\n

4.What are the gaps in practice and areas for improvement to ensure the equality and human rights of people from BAME groups are secured, in line with legal requirements under the Equality Act 2010 and human rights legislation?<\/p>\n

The research will adopt a \u2018mixed method\u2019 approach of qualitative and quantitative research, comprising:<\/p>\n