EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission)
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EHRC draft code of practice for services, public functions and associations – briefing for Parliamentarians
Large-print version of this briefing.
1st June 2026
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Sex is not “special category” data
The new Code of practice for services, public functions and associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC),...
22nd May 2026
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Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities about the EHRC guidance
Sex Matters wrote to Bridget Phillipson MP to raise our concerns about the fact that the new code of...
22nd May 2026
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What is in the new guidance?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated Code of practice for services, public functions and associations has finally been...
21st May 2026
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What would good guidance look like?
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has promised to present the new Code of practice for services,...
19th May 2026
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EHRC code of practice: what you need to know
A two-page briefing on the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft code of practice for services, public functions and...
15th May 2026
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Updated EHRC code to be published in May
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, has made a statement to Parliament saying that she intends to...
14th April 2026
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Toilets, showers and changing rooms: what the law says (Easy Read)
An easy-read version of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s interim update for employers and service providers.
14th April 2026
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High Court rules: EHRC guidance lawful
The law protects privacy, decency and propriety.
13th February 2026
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Why won’t the minister withdraw the code of practice?
Sex Matters has been calling for the government to deal with misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Equality Act since...
25th November 2025
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Toilets matter: Elaine Miller’s evidence
Sex Matters intervened in the High Court case brought by Good Law Project (GLP) and three anonymous claimants against...
21st November 2025
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Toilets matter: Maya Forstater’s evidence
Sex Matters intervened in the High Court case brought by the Good Law Project (GLP) and three anonymous claimants...
21st November 2025
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Toilets matter: Michelle Shipworth’s evidence
Sex Matters intervened in the High Court case brought by the Good Law Project (GLP) and three anonymous claimants...
21st November 2025
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Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities
Sex Matters wrote to the Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP as the minister responsible for strategic oversight of the...
11th November 2025
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It’s time to TELL the civil service to follow the law
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
7th November 2025
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It’s time to COMMIT to fixing the data
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
6th November 2025
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It’s time to ACT to sort out the code of practice
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
5th November 2025
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Sex Matters intervenes on single-sex services guidance
Sex Matters has been given permission to intervene in the judicial review being brought by the Good Law Project...
5th November 2025
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Application to intervene in R (GLP) v EHRC
We have made legal submissions on the proper construction of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1992, and on...
5th November 2025
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What is the real cost to business of ignoring equality law?
The government is stalling on laying the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated code of practice for service providers...
4th November 2025
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How to respond to your employer’s excuses
The law is clear but many employers are still denying women the privacy and dignity of female-only toilets and...
3rd November 2025
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Cracking the Code
Naomi Cunningham explains why, if government ministers have demanded a regulatory impact assessment of the Equality and Human Rights...
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The law is clear – providing single-sex services with confidence
On 16th April 2025 the Supreme Court concluded in relation to provisions enabling single-sex services that: “The plain intention...
31st October 2025
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Schools model policy – editable
UPDATED FOR 2025: Our whole-school model policy on sex-based rules and record-keeping, formatted as a Word document for schools...
26th August 2025
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Model policy for schools: updated
Sex Matters’ model policy for schools has now been updated following the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland....
29th July 2025
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EHRC consultation: justification
This is the fourth in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
29th July 2025
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EHRC consultation: sport
This is the third in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
29th July 2025
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The next EHRC chair must uphold the law
Sex Matters has written to two Parliamentary committees, the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities...
23rd July 2025
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Letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities Committee
We wrote to express our dismay at the questioning of Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson during her appointment hearing for the...
22nd July 2025
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The Scottish Government has offered to meet us
We have received a letter from the Scottish Government’s Director of People, Dr Nicola Richards, offering a meeting. Richards...
15th July 2025
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Duty bearers under the Equality Act must act now
Ben Cooper KC of Old Square Chambers (who represented Sex Matters in our intervention in For Women Scotland) has...
8th July 2025
