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The Welsh Government has commissioned research on how to Strengthen and Advance Equality and Human Rights in Wales. The research is being carried out by Swansea and Bangor Universities, and Diverse Cymru. A report will be published early in 2021.

This questionnaire is to gather evidence on the equality and human rights issues that need to be prioritised, and to seek opinions on possible action by the Welsh Government to tackle strengthen and advance equality and human rights in Wales.

If you represent an organisation please complete this questionnaire.
If you are an individual and do not represent an organisation, please complete the below questionnaire for individuals. You can also complete both.
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OC3ALZ/ (English) 
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/IO1BMX/ (Cymraeg)

Consent and Confidentiality
It is up to you whether or not you complete this questionnaire.

If you decide to complete the questionnaire you will not be asked for any information which will identify you. The questionnaire is anonymous. You can skip any questions you do not want to answer. Once you complete the questionnaire we will not be able to remove your answers from our research, because it is anonymous.

We will use the findings from the questionnaire and will use these to inform our report to the Welsh Government. We may also use the findings in public presentations on the research, or in articles or publications about the research.

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* 1. Please confirm your consent to completing this questionnaire by ticking the box below:

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* 2. Are you responding as:

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* 3. The key challenges for equality and human rights in Wales are:

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree or Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
Tackling discrimination
Improving education on equality
Improving education on human rights
Lack of resources to support equality and/or human rights implementation
The impact of poverty
Strengthening leadership
Strengthening accountability
How we measure inequality and/or compliance with human rights in Wales
How to ensure public authorities report on progress on equality and/or human rights
Raising public awareness of equality and/or human rights
Involving the public in decisions about equality and/or human rights issues 
Ensuring effective Impact Assessment

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* 4. How effective do you think the current legislation, policy and guidance is at establishing clear responsibilities for action on equality and human rights?

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* 5. What could be done to clarify who is responsible for taking action on equality and human rights?

In response to the above question, please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements using the scale 1-5, where 1 indicates strong agreement and 5 indicates strong disagreement.

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree or Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
Clarify the duties on public authorities through legislation
Clarify the duties on public authorities through guidance
Provide the public with more information on the responsibilities of public authorities
Strengthen reporting requirements
Establishnew indicators to measure progress

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* 6. To what extent does current legislation, policy and guidance establish clear priorities for action by public authorities, including Ministers, on equality and human rights?

  Priorities are very clear Priorities are quite clear Priorities are not very clear Priorities are not at all clear Don't know/Not sure
On equality
On human rights

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* 7. What more could be done to promote or encourage action by public authorities, including Ministers, on equality and/or human rights?

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* 8. ‘Well-being’ is promoted as an objective for public policy in Wales, including in legislation.

In response to the above question, please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements about ‘well-being’ using the scale 1-5, where 1 indicates strong agreement and 5 indicates strong disagreement.

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It is clear what well-being means in public policy in Wales.
Well-being is fully understood as a policy objective in Wales.
It is clear how well-being and equality are connected as policy objectives in Wales.
It is clear how well-being and human rights are connected as policy objectives in Wales.
Ensuring equality objectives are met is key to meeting well-being objectives.
Ensuring human rights are guaranteed is key to meeting well-being objectives.
It is clear how well-being indicators support equality and human rights objectives

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* 9. How might we strengthen the links between equality and/or human rights, and well-being in the work of public authorities in Wales?

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* 10. Is the current legislative framework (statutes and regulations) applicable in Wales adequate to promote equality and/or human rights?

  Yes Possibly, with scope to strengthen the framework No Don't know/Not sure
On equality
On human rights

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* 11. Wales has incorporated some international human rights treaties into Welsh Law (e.g. the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child).
Should Wales incorporate more human rights treaties into Welsh Law?

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* 12. Are monitoring mechanisms in Wales effective to reflect progress (or lack of progress) on equality in Wales?

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* 13. Whether you answered yes or not to the last question, please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements using the scale 1-5, where 1 indicates strong agreement and 5 indicates strong disagreement.

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither agree or disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
We need to improve equality indicators which measure compliance with equality duties
We need to improve indicators on equality outcomes
Public authorities should gather more data on equality outcomes
Public authorities should report in more detail on equality data generally
Public authorities should report in more detail on equality outcomes for different groups
Public authorities should collate evidence of people’s lived experiences of equality
Public authorities should report on people's lived experiences of equality

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* 14. Are monitoring mechanisms in Wales effective to reflect progress (or lack of progress) on implementing human rights in Wales?

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* 15. Whether you answered yes or not to the last question, please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements using the scale 1-5, where 1 indicates strong agreement and 5 indicates strong disagreement.

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither agree or disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
We need to improve indicators on compliance with human rights duties
We need to improve indicators on human rights outcomes
Public authorities should gather more data on human rights outcomes
Public authorities should report in more detail on human rights outcomes generally
Public authorities should report in more detail on human rights outcomes for different groups
Public authorities should collate evidence of people's lived experiences of human rights 
Public authorities should report on people's lived experience of human rights

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* 16. How effective is the EHRC in holding public authorities, including Ministers, to account for equality and/or human rights in Wales?

  Very effective Quite effective Not very effective Not at all effective Don't know/Not sure
On equality issues
On human rights issues

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* 17. Do you think public authorities in Wales are fully accountable for how they act in relation to equality and/or human rights in Wales?

  Yes No Don't know/Not sure
On equality
On human rights

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* 18. Do you think more could be done to strengthen the accountability of public authorities, including Ministers, for equality and/or human rights in Wales?

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* 19. If no, please move to the next question.
If yes, please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements using the scale 1-5, where 1 indicates strong agreement and 5 indicates strong disagreement.

  Strongly agree Agree Neither agree or disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
We need to strengthen legal accountability for equality and human rights
We need to strengthen impact assessment
We need to strengthen redress mechanisms for breaches of equality duties or human rights.
We need to improve complaints mechanisms where there are breaches of equality duties or human rights
We need to embed equality and human rights into inspection and regulation frameworks
We need to provide more opportunities for public scrutiny of public authority compliance equality duties and human rights
We need to require more public reporting on how public authorities comply with equality duties and human rights
Civil society organisations need to be better resourced to provide support advice and advocacy
Civil society organisations need to be better resourced to work with public bodies to improve equality and human rights
Civil society organisations need to be better resourced to engage diverse people

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* 20. Do you think the Welsh Government and/or public authorities could do more to promote public awareness of equality and human rights?

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* 21. If no, the questionnaire is complete, please submit using the button below.
If yes, please indicate your agreement or disagreement with the following statements using the scale 1-5, where 1 indicates strong agreement and 5 indicates strong disagreement.  

  Strongly agree Agree Neither agree or disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
Wales should appoint a Minister for equality and Human Rights
There needs to be a greater focus on equality and human rights in the curriculum
There needs to be more Public Legal Education on equality and human rights.
There need to be more information campaigns on equality and human rights
Public authorities need to do more to promote equality and human rights at local level 
Ministers need to use social media more effectively to promote equality and human rights
Ministers need to use the media more effectively to promote equality and human rights

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* 22. Please include any other comments or suggestions you wish to add.

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