Human rights and equalities training for development workers

Event Date : 15 March 2010

Time : 10am - 4pm

Duration : One day course

Location : Manchester

Do you work with groups that work specifically with individuals?
Do you work with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences?
Does your role involve working with groups and enabling them to improve the lives of the people they support?

As a development worker you will probably be working with one or more of the groups of people described above but may never have considered how human rights and equalities may affect the work that you do.

Human rights and equalities are essential to the work that you do. It means that you can effectively identify and understand discrimination and oppression but also that can develop practical strategies to challenge discriminatory practices and promote social justice.

By attending this course you will:

Understand how Public Sector Duties can be used to enable that individuals and groups that you work with to take positive action in challenging inequality and prejudice
Understand how human rights relate to equality and diversity
Understand the core principles, standards and features of human rights and how rights 'work'.