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Wednesday, 28 October 2009
YWCA wants to end age discrimination
Join our campaign to include teenagers in the Equality Bill
YWCA is part of Young Equals, a group of charities and children and young people who are campaigning to put an end to age discrimination.
The Equality Bill, which is going through Parliament now, aims to promote equality and fight discrimination and will include protection against age discrimination. However, it will only protect those who are over 18. YWCA and Young Equals believe this is a missed opportunity to shed age discrimination in its many guises.
We think everyone should be protected from unfair age discrimination. This includes:
- finding it difficult to get help from children’s social services
- finding it difficult to get help from children’s mental health services
- not being taken seriously when reporting a crime or medical emergency
- being treated unfairly when in a public place such as a shop or public transport
You can help by telling your MP under-18s should not be excluded from age discrimination protection in the Equality Bill. Make a difference to the lives of young people throughout the UK and email your MP.
If you know a young person who has been treated unfairly because of their age, why not ask them to take part in the Young Equals survey?
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