Shona Thomas
P4 – Explain how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice
The tree main national initiatives are regulations, legislations and conventions. These
cover the anti-discriminatory practices. The initiatives ensure that every person is
treated equally no matter who they are. They will not be judged on their “race, color,
gender, age culture, disability, social class, cognitive ability or health status.” 1
The Sex Discrimination Act which was made in 1975 can take many forms. It is judged
to be unwanted attention by the targeted individual. There are many ways in which
sexual discrimination can occur. There are two types, direct and indirect sex
discrimination. So therefore, it is treating people unfairly because of their gender. An
example of direct sex discrimination could be a woman who is not offered
employment due to the nature of the work i.e. physical or hard work. Indirect
discrimination would be likely to occur when an organisation’s working policies or
methods put male or female workers at a disadvantage such as creating full-time
working patterns only, height or weight restrictions, or the requirement to relocate
or work unsociable hours where a mother has childcare commitments. Therefore the
sex discrimination act protects people in the workplace as it prevents male and
females from having different rules at work, this is likely to make them feel equal as
they have the same opportunities as each other and the rest of the people around
them at work. It promotes anti-discriminatory practice as everyone is treated equally
and not judged on what gender they may be, by doing this they have promoted
equality and fairness for both the service users and the health and social care
practitioners in all situations.
The Human Rights Act which was introduced to the UK in 1998, is a set of
fundamental rights and freedoms to ensure that people are treated right. In practice,
it has three main effects for us. It allows us to take cases to the British court rather
than having to seek justice from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg,
1 https://prezi.com/3e79exus9rkj/copy-of-national-initiatives-and-anti-
discriminatory-practice/
P4 – Explain how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice
The tree main national initiatives are regulations, legislations and conventions. These
cover the anti-discriminatory practices. The initiatives ensure that every person is
treated equally no matter who they are. They will not be judged on their “race, color,
gender, age culture, disability, social class, cognitive ability or health status.” 1
The Sex Discrimination Act which was made in 1975 can take many forms. It is judged
to be unwanted attention by the targeted individual. There are many ways in which
sexual discrimination can occur. There are two types, direct and indirect sex
discrimination. So therefore, it is treating people unfairly because of their gender. An
example of direct sex discrimination could be a woman who is not offered
employment due to the nature of the work i.e. physical or hard work. Indirect
discrimination would be likely to occur when an organisation’s working policies or
methods put male or female workers at a disadvantage such as creating full-time
working patterns only, height or weight restrictions, or the requirement to relocate
or work unsociable hours where a mother has childcare commitments. Therefore the
sex discrimination act protects people in the workplace as it prevents male and
females from having different rules at work, this is likely to make them feel equal as
they have the same opportunities as each other and the rest of the people around
them at work. It promotes anti-discriminatory practice as everyone is treated equally
and not judged on what gender they may be, by doing this they have promoted
equality and fairness for both the service users and the health and social care
practitioners in all situations.
The Human Rights Act which was introduced to the UK in 1998, is a set of
fundamental rights and freedoms to ensure that people are treated right. In practice,
it has three main effects for us. It allows us to take cases to the British court rather
than having to seek justice from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg,
1 https://prezi.com/3e79exus9rkj/copy-of-national-initiatives-and-anti-
discriminatory-practice/
