Scottish Government

This section of the website provides links to various guidelines and other forms of guidance to help researchers and policy makers mainstream equality. It will also be useful for those interested in guidelines to help them fulfill their new requirements under the new equalities public duties legislation.

Questions you should consider when planning research or policy projects

• Information from the Disability Rights Commission on the Disability Equality Duty, including advice on how to get a Disability Equality Scheme started, the DRC Codes of Practice and guidance on gathering evidence. You can also find details of DRC conferences and events on the DED and test your Disability Eq via the DED quiz.
• Information from the Commission for Racial Equality on the Race Equality Duty which has information that will help you meet your obligations under the duty. It has specific information on the Duty in Scotland, guidelines for ethnic monitering categories, and advice on publishing a Race Equality Scheme along with general information and guidelines.
• Information from the Equal Opportunities Commission on the Gender Equality Duty which outlines what is required by the Gender Duty, contains news and information regarding the EOC's involvment with the Duty, and provides publications about the Duty.
• Publications from the Scottish Accessible Information Forum that provide information and advice on how to make information accessible to people with disabilities.
• The Economic and Social Data Service provides an Ethnicity Introductory Guide to using the large-scale government surveys for ethnicity research. It provides an overview of data sources with hyperlinks to various documents available on the web.