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<td colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 443.0px; height: 253.0px; background-color: #efefef; padding: 4.0px 4.0px 4.0px 4.0px"><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><b>Don’t forget! Our Human Rights vs Bill of Rights: What</b></font><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><b>’</b></font><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><b>s in it for workers? conference will be </b><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/human-rights-vs-bill-rights-whats-it-workers-london"><font color="#0000ff" style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #0000ff"><u><b>held in London on 27 April</b></u></font></a><b>. </b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); min-height: 14px;"><font style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></font><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><b>We're excited to be hosting an expert panel of speakers, including human rights barristers, academics and campaigners from projects such as </b><a href="http://rightsinfo.org/"><font color="#0000ff" style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #0000ff"><u><b>RightsInfo</b></u></font></a><b> and </b><a href="https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/"><font color="#0000ff" style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #0000ff"><u><b>Liberty</b></u></font></a><b> as well as University College of London, King's College London, University of East London, Doughty Street Chambers and Old Square Chambers.</b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); min-height: 14px;"><font style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></font><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><b>As well as joining us at the event, we recommend new BBC Radio 4 series </b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07756bn"><font color="#0000ff" style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #0000ff"><u><b>Are Human Rights Really Universal?</b></u></font></a><b> for an in-depth look into how our fundamental rights are ignored by states around the world.</b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); min-height: 14px;"><font style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></font><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><b>This week we also released our latest publication </b><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-exposing-myths"><font color="#0000ff" style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #0000ff"><u><b>Access to Justice: Exposing the Myths</b></u></font></a><b>. Subscribers’ free copy is already in the post, or you can login to the website to read the book now. For non-subscribers, the publication is available at just £6 per copy or you can </b><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe"><font color="#0000ff" style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #0000ff"><u><b>subscribe here</b></u></font></a><b> for immediate electronic access to our entire library.</b></font></div>
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<td colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 443.0px; height: 81.0px; background-color: #efefef; padding: 4.0px 4.0px 4.0px 4.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><b>390,000 women a year are discriminated against in pregnancy, yet only 1% take tribunal claim</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" color="#66667f" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127);"><i>Why is that? In </i><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/390000-women-year-are-discriminated-against-pregnancy-yet-only-1-take-tribunal-claim"><font color="#0000ff" style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #0000ff"><u><i>this blog</i></u></font></a><i>, Scarlet Harris, TUC Women’s Equality Officer, delves into a report published recently by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.</i></font></p>
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