Equinet - European network of equality bodies

The European Commission has called on EU Member States, in a report adopted on 23 May 2012, to implement their national strategies to improve the economic and social integration of Europe’s 10 to 12 million Roma.

On 23 May 2012, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a report which draws on surveys into the socio-economic situation of Roma and non-Roma living nearby in 11 EU Member States and in neighbouring European countries.

The European Institute for Gender Equality has launched a new database on the indicators of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and men in the EU: Facts and Figures.

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) launched its 2011 Annual Report on 3 May 2012.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has recently launched two factsheets: one on Hate Speech and the other on Sexual Orientation.

The report analyses the progress and remaining challenges in applying the EU Racial Equality Directive, and includes a valuable overview of the role and activities of equality bodies.

Joint report by the European Women’s Lobby and Oxfam International