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pollyvickery

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pollyvickery asked Rachael Dumigan: "Young people are getting a bad rap in the news media at the moment – either they are “hoodies” ignoring their ASBOs or they are lazy, overweight and sit in front of computer games all day shirking physical..." Show more »"Young people are getting a bad rap in the news media at the moment – either they are “hoodies” ignoring their ASBOs or they are lazy, overweight and sit in front of computer games all day shirking physical activity. Do you think the news media ignores positive stories about young people in favour of sensationalised tales of antisocial behaviour and binge drinking or is the future of Britain really that bad? " Show less »
Rachael Dumigan answer: "Definitely. Through the BYC Respect campaign we carried out a survey of 1,000 young people of which 750 were from the UK aged between 12 and 26 and their view on how they saw themselves portrayed by the..." Show more»" Definitely. Through the BYC Respect campaign we carried out a survey of 1,000 young people of which 750 were from the UK aged between 12 and 26 and their view on how they saw themselves portrayed by the media was that they were always negatively stereotyped. The survey also looked at coverage of young people in the news media and it should that out of every 5 news stories, 4 are negative. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Media | Email to friends | Dec 05 2007 5:59:37 AM
pollyvickery asked Jo Swinson: "According to a recent survey by the Employers Forum on Age, the anti age discrimination laws that came into power a year ago have had little affect on the number of people suffering from age discrimination..." Show more »"According to a recent survey by the Employers Forum on Age, the anti age discrimination laws that came into power a year ago have had little affect on the number of people suffering from age discrimination in the workplace. Are these laws far reaching enough and what more can the government do to tackle work place discrimination based on age?" Show less »
Jo Swinson answer: "Well first of all I think the laws were very, very welcome but we can’t be complacent and say that because we’ve got a law there then everything is fine. In a sense it is not totally surprising that the..." Show more»" Well first of all I think the laws were very, very welcome but we can’t be complacent and say that because we’ve got a law there then everything is fine. In a sense it is not totally surprising that the problem hasn’t been solved a year on, I think it was 30 years ago that we had equal pay legislation and we are still in a situation where there is not equal pay between men and women. It is clear that this will take a while to achieve because it is about changing attitudes. But the first step is to make sure the legislation is there so there is a clear statement from parliament to say that this is wrong. The EFA say not much has changed but I think it will start to filter into the consciousness of employers and also workers will start to think “well actually I don’t have to retire the minute I hit 65 and maybe I can consider working longer”. As more and more people do that then that will help to change attitudes but changing attitudes does take time and will only partially be achieved through legislation. Legislation is an important factor but we also need more organisations like the EFA to help share best practice amongst different employers. Best practice is then, in a sense, the carrot and use legislation as the stick on those that lag behind and still discriminate on the basis of age. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Dec 05 2007 5:41:46 AM