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Recommendation
10th Report – Discrimination, harassmen…
Accepted in Part
The Government should take steps to ensure that police officers are appropriately trained on how to recognise, record, and respond effectively to hate crimes perpetrated against Muslim women. The Government should work with the police to ensure that both the police and victims of hate crime know that they can …
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The Government should take steps to ensure that police officers are appropriately trained on how to recognise, record, and respond effectively to hate crimes perpetrated against Muslim women. The Government should work with the police to ensure that both the police and victims of hate crime know that they can express their own perception as to what has motivated a hate crime, and that hate crimes can be recorded as motivated by more than one protected characteristic. The Crown Prosecution Service should track intersectional factors in hate crime prosecution and develop specific guidance on gendered anti-Muslim hate offences. (Recommendation, Paragraph 56)
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Government response AI summary
The government agrees Mayors are well placed to work with community organisations and will write to all UK Mayors encouraging them to promote the BMT reporting service, but does not commit to further police training or CPS guidance as requested.
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Government Equalities Office
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Recommendation
10th Report – Discrimination, harassmen…
Accepted in Part
The Government should set out steps to ensure that the NHS can provide religiously and culturally competent, trauma-informed, and accessible therapy for those in need, including Muslim communities. 52 The Government should also fund local support services tailored to the needs of Muslim communities, particularly those of Muslim women. (Recommendation, …
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The Government should set out steps to ensure that the NHS can provide religiously and culturally competent, trauma-informed, and accessible therapy for those in need, including Muslim communities. 52 The Government should also fund local support services tailored to the needs of Muslim communities, particularly those of Muslim women. (Recommendation, Paragraph 97) Tackling anti-Muslim hatred
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Government response AI summary
The government is transforming mental health services into community-based mental health centres. An example is the centre in Birmingham co-located with a local Mosque and working in partnership with the local Muslim community to provide wrap around, person-centred care.
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Government Equalities Office
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Recommendation
10th Report – Discrimination, harassmen…
Accepted in Part
The Government should ensure that schools have clear policies in place for tackling anti-Muslim hate. This needs to include specific training for teachers on the ways in which gendered Islamophobia manifests in society to ensure that teachers are equipped to provide an inclusive environment for Muslim students and are able …
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The Government should ensure that schools have clear policies in place for tackling anti-Muslim hate. This needs to include specific training for teachers on the ways in which gendered Islamophobia manifests in society to ensure that teachers are equipped to provide an inclusive environment for Muslim students and are able to recognise and address anti-Muslim discrimination and abuse. (Recommendation, Paragraph 114) Community programmes
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Government response AI summary
The government acknowledges schools' duties under the Equality Act and safeguarding policies, and will convene a roundtable to address anti-Muslim hostility in schools; they will also procure and publish further resources on Educate Against Hate, but do not commit to requiring specific training for teachers.
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Government Equalities Office