Explain how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice

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Explain how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice.

Discrimination occurs worldwide in every country there are different forms of discrimination, in order to prevent discrimination there are legislations, codes of practice, charters and organisational policies although they are not always followed through some people break these national initiatives and are faced to serve the consequences. Some of the legislation only occurs in certain countries for example the European Convention on human rights and fundamental freedoms 1950 is not eligible in the US or Asia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination

Legislations are a political act that has been turned into the law and they are to maintain health and safety. There are many legislations put in place for health and social care settings in order to prevent discrimination. One of the main regulations is the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 which has a purpose to protect both men and women against discrimination on the grounds of gender in employment, education or advertising. The mental health Act 1983 is also a very important act when it comes to health and social care settings as the purpose of this act is to allow actions to be taken, where necessary, to make sure that people with mental