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University of Glasgow Report Finds Systemic Discrimination and Barriers to Accessing Justice for Scottish Gypsy Travellers
Making Rights Real calls for immediate action by Scottish duty bearers and NHRIs On 28th April Professor Nicole Busby, Cameron Wong McDermott and Şefki T. Bayram of the University of Glasgow, working in collaboration with Making Rights Real, published their report examining barriers to justice for Scottish Gypsy/Traveller communities, available here. It examines the extent to which Scottish Gypsy/Travellers’ living conditions…
Read MoreGender-Based Budgeting: From Principle to Practice
A blog by Lyn Jardine, SNP Group Leader & Ward Councillor for Dunbar & East Linton Budgets are often presented as neutral, technical documents. They are anything but. Every spending decision reflects priorities and values — and those choices land differently for women and men. Gender-based budgeting is about making that visible and acting on…
Read More“Knowledge is the first step”: Empowering unpaid carers in Scotland to name and claim their human rights
A blog by Lorraine Barrie, Making Rights Real In partnership with Coalition of Carers in Scotland, Making Rights Real recently delivered our course “Human Rights and Unpaid Carers” to carers centre workers who provide advice, advocacy and practical support to unpaid carers all over Scotland. I was so impressed by their knowledge, dedication and expertise.…
Read MoreScottish Human Rights Bill for Scotland: civil society organisations call on MSPs to voice their support
Civil society and human rights organisations have called on the Scottish Government to take progressive steps towards the realisation of all our human rights in Scotland. Making Rights Real joined with over 50 organisations have signed an open letter addressed to the First Minister – ahead of the parliamentary debate on the 75th Anniversary…
Read MoreNew Board Members: Join Us!
Making Rights Real is a human rights organisation in Scotland that works with communities and grassroots activists to deliver human rights for everyone. We launched in 2020 and are currently developing human rights initiatives with community groups. We are keen to extend our board. We have set up Making Rights Real to be a kind,…
Read MoreWhy Community Development?
Making Rights Real features as a good practice example in a new guide produced by the Community Development Alliance Scotland (CDAS). Why Community Development? Our Collective Impact explains what community development is and focuses on case studies from around the country where community based projects are thriving. Delivering a keynote address at the launch of…
Read MoreTravellers’ Rights: Our Rights Matters
Travellers in Perth and Kinross are experiencing significant human rights issues and today launched a groundbreaking report Our Human Rights Matter: A Human Rights Monitoring Report by residents of Double Dykes, Perth that sets out their concerns. People at Double Dykes Traveler Site carried out research to find out residents’ experiences of living on site,…
Read MoreSEVEN: The Scottish Premiere | 8 Dec 2022
Making Rights Real, a Scottish grassroots human rights organisation, is delighted to announce they will be staging the Scottish premiere of SEVEN at the Scottish Parliament on 8th December 2022. Sponsored by Maggie Chapman MSP, the play is staged to mark International Human Rights Day. Women experiencing human rights violations are usually excluded from naming…
Read MoreHuman rights play, SEVEN, gears up for Scottish Premiere for Human Rights Day 2022
“If you put equal rights at the heart of the thing, you have to be sure that everyone is at the table” Inez McCormack Making Rights Real is delighted to announce that rehearsals started this week to bring the play SEVEN to its Scottish premiere for Human Rights Day 2022 (10 December). A riveting piece…
Read MoreScottish Government ministers urged to take action as BBC documentary exposes stories of disabled people “locked in hospital”
Tonight (15 August 2022), BBC Scotland airs the documentary “Locked in the Hospital” exposing stories of disabled people locked into hospitals, far from home, and their families’ fight to get them home. Making Rights Real has joined Inclusion Scotland, C-Change Scotland and 20 other Scottish organisations in writing to Scottish Ministers urging them to urgently do more to sort…
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