Decision details

Received a report detailing the Council’s proposed Gender Equality Scheme(GES), and setting out the legislative requirements of the Council and the actions taken to meet them.

Members noted that the process had enabled the identification of priorities for women, men and transgendered people, which helped to shape the gender equality objectives of the Council.

Agreed, in order to meet its legal requirements, signal its commitment to the principle of gender equality and put in place plans to greatly improve access to goods and services for women, men and transgender people, to:

1.  Adopt the Gender Equality Scheme and Action Plan; and

2.  Consider an annual report reviewing the implementation of the Scheme and proposing amendments to the Scheme and Action Plan prior to the submission of a revised Scheme be submitted to the Executive in February 2010.