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How is our work influencing life in Northern Ireland and delivering equality? Learn more about our policy, legal and research work.
 
 

Addressing inequality

Learn more about our policy, legal, investigations and
research work and discover how it influences life
and work in Northern Ireland.

 
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Your rights after Brexit

 

From 1 January 2021, the Equality Commission has new powers to monitor, advise, enforce and report on commitments made by the UK Government.  Read more about our role in protecting your post Brexit equality rights

 

Our Legal Work

Read how we decide which which legal cases to support and see examples of previous legal decisions and settlements


Equality Data
There is a lack of data disaggregation in relation to some equality grounds, such as ethnicity, disability and gender.  We continue to call for the Executive, Departments and other public bodies to address gaps in government data. 

Consultation responses

 

Recent responses include (pdfs):
 

 
View all consultation responses

Recent statements

 


Our policy priorities for specific equality grounds are available on the menu bar below.