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The Challenge of Diversity: The Evolution of Women's Policy Agencies in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2007

Judith Squires
Judith Squires
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University of Bristol
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Britain's use of state agencies to address gender relations has evolved significantly over the past 30 years and is currently entering a new phase, characterized by a commitment to a generic equalities, or “diversity,” approach in which multiple equality strands are to be addressed via a single equalities body, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR). The CEHR will replace three existing equality commissions that focus on gender, race, and disability, respectively. This shift appears to involve the demise of a singular focus on gender equality and with it the justification for separate women's policy agencies.

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 513 - 530
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2007

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