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National Report
Para 8) In 2017 the CEDAW was extended to Bermuda and St Helena, and in 2021 it was extended to Jersey.
Para 36) The UK Government is responsible for healthcare in England and is embarking on the first Women’s Health Strategy for England, marking a reset in the way in which women’s health is examined. To ensure the Strategy reflects what women identify as priorities, we launched a 14-week Call for Evidence in March 2021 to gather women’s experiences and views regarding their healthcare needs, the results of which were published in April 2022. The full Strategy will be published later this year. Para 37) In 2021 the Scottish Government launched the Women's Health Plan which aims to improve health outcomes and services for women and girls in Scotland. It sets out how the Scottish Government intends to reduce inequalities, so all women enjoy the best possible health throughout their lives. The Welsh Government continues to provide funding to local authorities to provide free period products within schools and communities. Funding is also provided to Further Education colleges for the same purpose. The funding, amounting to over £3.3million, remains at the same level as in previous years, demonstrating the continued commitment to period dignity.
State under Review
National Report
Stakeholder Summary
Para 8) EHRC noted that new technologies posed challenges to human rights such as the right to privacy; for instance, automated facial recognition technology had been shown to disproportionately misidentify … women.
Para 11) EHRC observed that changes to social security made since 2010, including changes to Universal Credit and child benefit payments had a disproportionately negative impact on … women.
Para 51) FPFW noted that the pay gap and discrimination was aggravated by the lack of data recording biological sex. NIWEP referred to the outstanding pay gap in NI. JS18 noted the wider pay gap in black and minority ethnic women.
Para 57) FPFW and JS7 noted the lack of progress in access to health services for women.
Stakeholder Summary
UN Compilation
UN Compilation
Para 12) The CEDAW reiterated its concern that the applicability of the Equality Act of 2010 had not being extended to Northern Ireland.
Para 38) The CEDAW remained concerned about obstacles faced by women belonging to marginalized groups, such as asylum-seeking and refugee women, migrant women and Roma and Traveller women, in gaining access to health-care services.
Para 44) CEDAW commended the measures taken in Scotland and Wales to halt the practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract fossil fuels (known as “fracking”), but it was concerned that women in rural areas in other territories of the United Kingdom were disproportionately affected by the harmful effects of fracking, environmental pollution and the effects of climate change.
Para 46) CEDAW welcomed the research undertaken by the Advertising Standards Authority on the harmful effects of stereotypical imaging and the objectification of women in the media and in advertising.
Para 53) The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights noted that an abrupt and poorly implemented change in the State pension age for women between 60 and 66 years of age had severely and unconscionably penalized those who were on the cusp of retirement.