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<p>The EHRC has submitted this report to the United Nations as part of its work on
monitoring the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against
Women.</p><p>The Government is firmly committed to tackling the major injustices across
Great Britain that hold women back, including eliminating violence against women and
girls and closing the gender pay gap. We have already made significant progress on
safeguarding and improving women’s rights.</p><p>The draft EU Withdrawal Agreement,
once finalised and agreed will allow the UK to continue participation in EU programmes
until their closure, including the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Fund, which promotes
non-discrimination, combats racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance
as well as promoting rights and equality.</p><p>This Government has already made a
clear commitment to protect workers’ rights, and ensure that they keep pace with the
changing labour market, including in our recent white paper on the future relationship
between the UK and the EU. We do not need to be part of the EU to have strong protections
in the workplace. The UK already goes beyond EU minimum standards in a number of areas,
such as entitlement to annual leave, paid maternity leave and parental leave.</p>
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