About Equal Opportunities: Understanding Equal Rights and Discrimination Policy

You deserve fair treatment and equal opportunities in every aspect of your life, and our expert team is here to help you understand and exercise your rights with confidence. From workplace equality to human rights issues, we provide trusted guidance across all areas of discrimination law including race, gender, age, religion, sexuality and ability. About Equal Opportunities is here to help.

Most Read

Ageism and the Consumer

Older people face age discrimination when buying insurance, getting credit and seeing ads, often without realising it's happening.

What is Ageism?

Ageism is discrimination based on age, affecting older and younger people alike, and it's illegal in UK employment and education.

Age Discrimination and The Law

UK law protects older workers from age discrimination in employment and education, but younger workers have less legal coverage.

Glossary of Ability and Disability Terms

Clear definitions of disability and ability terms to improve your understanding and communication.

Browse Topics

Ask Our Experts Faqs Case Studies Equality & Religion Equality & Sexuality Individual Rights Questionnaires Human Rights Equality & Gender Equality & Ability Equality & Race Equality & Age

Latest Articles and Tools

Put Your Work Relationship on an Equal Footing

Build trust at work by talking openly with your manager about issues that affect your performance and wellbeing.

Discrimination Due to Body Art and Modification

People with tattoos and piercings face real discrimination in workplaces and society, despite what critics say about personal choice.

Fat-ism and Discrimination

How fatism works as discrimination and why it's treated differently than other forms of bias in society.

Uglyism and Discrimination

Uglyism is a widespread form of discrimination based on appearance that goes largely unnamed and unchallenged in society.

Body Bullying as Discrimination

Body bullying is a form of discrimination that harms people through comments about appearance, and you can learn to recognise and stop it.

What is Weightism?

Weight-based discrimination affects people judged as too fat or too thin, shaped by harmful stereotypes about what weight says about someone's character.

Questionnaires: Can You Recognise Ageism?

Take a questionnaire to test whether you can spot the everyday forms of age discrimination in hiring, ads, and how people talk to older and younger people.

Sexuality Support Organisations in the UK

UK organisations offering support for people exploring their sexuality and gender identity, including helplines and peer groups.

Explaining a Disability in the Classroom

Help your child's classmates understand their disability by choosing the right way to explain it at school.

Sexism Sensitivity Training in the Workplace

Professional sexism sensitivity training works best when you hire an expert, distribute materials beforehand, and make attendance mandatory for all staff.

About This Site

Expert Advice on Equal Opportunities...