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Miscellaneous papers and leaflets on equal opportunities produced by the Equal Opportunities Commission and others, 1975 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Platt 3/6

Scope and Contents

The file includes:
EOC leaflets, including ‘The role and work of the Equal Opportunities Commission’ [circa 1975]; information leaflets on the Sex Discrimination Act 1986; Catalogue of publications June 1987; ‘What we are. What we do. How we can help you’ (1986?); Sex Discrimination Decisions, No 1 - Employment Interviews, the Case of Gates v Wirral Borough Council’, 1985; EOC Code of Practice, 1985; ‘Your invitation to join Equality Exchange’ [1987]; memorandum for prospective commissioners, 1985;
J Martin and G Roberts, ‘Women’s employment in the 1980s’, from ‘Employment Gazette’ May 1984, pages199-209 (heavily annotated and marked by Beryl Platt);
Statement by Margaret Thatcher of commitment to equal opportunities between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, September 1987;
The Industrial Society, ‘Women in Insurance Project: Survey Special’, 1986;
Spoof job advert entitled ‘Position vacant: Housewife’ - hours of work being ‘all waking hours and a 24 hour shift when necessary’, pay ‘None’ etc (no date);
Other leaflets on equal opportunities produced by the CBI, New Ways to Work, and British Petroleum [mid-1980s], also the Conservative position on women in Europe (1988).





Dates

  • Creation: 1975 - 1988

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Equal Opportunities Commission

Finding aid date

2015-06-29 12:12:47+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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