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.  

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 health difficulties or learning difficulties get the care and treatment needed for their own health and safety or for the protection of others.

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Many people also have been racially abused in health and social care settings and the act Race Relations Act 2000 has been put in place in order to protect racial equalities and ensure that no person is discriminated against on the ground of their race and this act also promotes good relations between people of different ethnic backgrounds.

Many individuals are also discriminated against because of their disability, therefore the legislation put into place to protect people from being discriminated against because of their disability is the disability discrimination act 2005, this act also protects people with HIV, this act ...

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