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(1.1 The Chair opened the meeting by welcoming all those present and part\
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(Janet Ryder had agreed to represent the Committee in the University of D\
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(On 21 June, the Disability Rights Commission in Wales had formally been \
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(A secondee to assist in producing the report on public appointments had \
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(The Chair had written to the Presiding Officer about encouraging all Ass\
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(Members' comments had previously been sought on various documents includ\
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(Agenda Item 2: Listening to Women)Tj
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(Presentation - Ruth Marks, Audrey Jones and Gabrielle Suff, Welsh Women'\
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(2.1 The Chair welcomed the speakers and said that the Committee had been\
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(2.2 Kate Bennett explained that the Welsh Women's National Coalition \(W\
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(2.3 Audrey Jones informed members of the history of WWNC since it had be\
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(2.4 Gabrielle Suff explained the role that the WWNC was now playing in W\
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(2.5 Ruth Marks said that the Assembly had enabled the WWNC to take a Wal\
es-wide approach to )Tj
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(equality issues. The effective networks within their own organisations a\
nd with others meant that they )Tj
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(had at their disposal a national consultation mechanism which the Equal \
Opportunities Committee and )Tj
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(the Assembly could use to mount a Welsh "Listening to Women" type exerci\
se or simply as a )Tj
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(consultation and advisory service. To this end WWNC had submitted a gran\
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(2.6 WWNC also felt that "Listening to Women" had not fully represented t\
he views of Welsh women. )Tj
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(Wales' distinct cultural identity had not been reflected in the publicat\
ion and no regard was paid to the )Tj
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(needs or contributions of the ethnic communities in Wales. The consultat\
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(appropriate and the Agenda for Action produced by the exercise had consi\
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(2.7 In discussion, members indicated that there was now an opportunity t\
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(agenda. This could be an ongoing "listening" exercise with dynamic discu\
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(activity. The WWNC had the ability to co-ordinate the views of women thr\
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(Assembly was in existence, there was a natural focal point to which WWNC\
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(MEWN Cymru, black and ethnic minority women would also have an important\
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(3.1 The Chair said she was pleased to see that Roger McKenzie, who was b\
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implementation of the )Tj
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(Stephen Lawrence Inquiry recommendations, was present at the meeting and\
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(3.2 The officials working group had met on 26 June. Its terms of referen\
ce were intended to provide a )Tj
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(sufficient steer whilst allowing flexibility for the group to determine \
how best to achieve its aims. An )Tj
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(action plan should be in place by the Autumn. The Committee was keen tha\
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(racial issues in every aspect of education and not just concentrate on t\
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(3.3 Alan Lansdown, who had chaired the working group, said that two majo\
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(at the first meeting. One was its terms of reference, and he circulated \
a revised version to the Committee )Tj
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(for members to consider. The group had also decided to map out the curre\
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(to implement the three recommendations relating to education. Members wo\
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(whether these actions were adequate. The working group would next meet o\
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(that the primary responsibility for implementation would lie with the Se\
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(Children but that she also had responsibility as a Cabinet member. The C\
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(3.4 Mashuq Ally said that he was pleased to see the proposed changes to \
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(would enable the group to address issues beyond the three education reco\
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(Rights Bill and the Race Relations Amendments Bill would both come into \
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(whilst these had implications for recommendations 67 to 69, they raised \
wider issues. Other areas such )Tj
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(as training for teachers and governors; the administration of education;\
and the role of others involved in )Tj
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(schools \(such as caretakers, local authority officials and councillors\)\
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(leadership on implementation must come from the Education Secretary, he \
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(Committee as very much involved in monitoring this role.)Tj
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(3.5 Members expressed their concern that references had previously been \
made to equality only in the )Tj
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(context of Personal and Social Education. They wanted to see it reflecte\
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(They also wanted targets, and appropriate training for all teachers so t\
hat individuals were not given sole )Tj
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(responsibility for providing guidance on equality. Equality briefing for\
those officials involved in the )Tj
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(working group itself was also considered to be important and it was prop\
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(4.1 The minutes of the last meeting were agreed.)Tj
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(4.2 The Chair invited Bryan Mitchell to inform the Committee about the r\
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(acknowledged that Assembly Divisions were only at a state of awareness a\
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(more to do. The audit findings were to be discussed with each of the Div\
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(each Assembly Group would then report to the appropriate Assembly Secret\
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(had a long discussion about what the findings meant rather than what the\
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(4.3 Members asked whether the senior managers had considered the resourc\
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(look at the resources available to them, it might be a question of looki\
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(4.4 The Chair had received a letter from Kirsty Williams asking if Ann J\
ones of the Health and Social )Tj
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(Service Committee could attend future meetings when health service issue\
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(Chair said that she was minded to say no because there were already thre\
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(represented and it might detract from their role. Members agreed with th\
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(Agenda Item 5: Discrimination and Sexuality )Tj
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(5.1 The Chair welcomed Angela Mason and invited her to outline to the Co\
mmittee the issues involved )Tj
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(5.2 The way that young gay men and lesbians were treated in the educatio\
n system could lead to a cycle )Tj
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(of discrimination throughout their lives. A survey of homophobic violenc\
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(that although 1 in 3 gay men and 1 in 4 lesbians had been violently atta\
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(years and over 30% had been harassed, the picture for the under 18s was \
much more extreme. Nearly )Tj
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(50% had been attacked and all had been called names. Typically adults ar\
e attacked in public places near )Tj
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(gay venues by unknown assailants. In over 50% of cases, under 18s are at\
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(contemporaries. This could lead to what amounted to institutional homoph\
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(was allowed to flourish and there were no mechanisms to effectively addr\
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(cycle of low self-esteem, low educational attainment, often substance or\
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(5.3 A second survey had asked teachers if they were observing violence o\
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ly all schools had a bullying )Tj
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(policy but only 6% of these included any reference to homophobic bullyin\
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(5.4 There was no legal protection for gay and lesbian people in employme\
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(Education and Employment have asked the TUC, CBI, the Federation of Smal\
l Businesses and )Tj
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(Stonewall to produce a voluntary code of practice against discrimination\
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(issued shortly. The only protection afforded by European legislation is \
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(Amsterdam. It was very important that that directive is implemented. The\
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(Human Rights contains a new protocol giving people a stand-alone right n\
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(It was also rumoured that there would be a White Paper putting the onus \
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(5.5 The infrastructure of services for lesbians and gay men is patchy an\
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(be holding the first meeting of its Welsh Forum on 29 July when it would\
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(did and did not exist in terms of support in Wales. The organisation was\
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(achieve legal and institutional change as gay people have traditionally \
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(5.6 Members felt that the quality of sex education was a key factor in b\
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(important to provide counselling or advice through the education system.\
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(major problem in schools, it was felt that the funding the Assembly was \
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(could be used to promote the anti-bullying message.)Tj
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(5.7 Ms Mason said that the quality of sex education was not effective fo\
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(5.8 The Chair proposed to write to the Education Secretary about bullyin\
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(letter from Jenny Randerson asking the Committee to consider a national \
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(Agenda Item 6: Equality in the Public Sector: The Welsh Local Government\
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(6.1 The Chair welcomed the speakers and said that information about the \
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(6.2 Rhiannon Hughes said that the WLGA had been working on defining its \
role in equal opportunities )Tj
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(issues since local government reorganisation in 1996. A task and finish \
group had worked with a number )Tj
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(as a service provider - It was no longer acceptable to provide the same \
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(as a representative group - Around 20% of councillors are women who carr\
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(as employers - Local authorities are the biggest employer in many parts \
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(in a community leadership role - There was a link between equality and r\
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(6.4 The equality officers of all local authorities met on a monthly basi\
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(there had been difficulties in establishing monitoring procedures for eq\
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(training of councillors was provided by Syniad in response to their need\
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(local authorities had moved on from seeing equal opportunities as a 'slo\
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(many local authorities were now adopting a Cabinet structure and had don\
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(no figures were available on the numbers of disabled or ethnic minority \
members but all )Tj
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authorities could market )Tj
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(only 8% of senior officers were women. In order to improve this you need\
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