Promising developments to close racial disparities in women’s health – but the real test is in delivery
April 2026 | Tracey Bignall Over recent weeks we have [...]
Mapping the Margins: Exploring the Intersection of Racism, Physical Health, and Mental Wellbeing in Young People
Mapping the Margins is a NIHR-funded project led by the [...]
Making Sense of Poverty Data: Building a Better Picture of Inequality in the UK
Aleks Collingwood, Partnership Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, writes on the challenges of understanding poverty and inequality in the UK with the current limitations in socio-demographic datasets. The blog both identifies the consequences of data gaps, and what is needed to ensure greater access to high-quality inclusive data capable of driving social justice efforts.
Community co-production for more racially inclusive survey data
Nissa Finney, founding member of the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, explores the importance of community involvement and co-production in creating racially inclusive datasets.
What works for families: SFSC backed by landmark trial evidence
Today marks a significant moment [...]
Reflections on a Lunch and Learn webinar with a Local Authority
Last week, the Online Programmes team hosted our first lunch [...]
At the Margins of Care: Lived Realities of Young South Asian Disabled Women Navigating Inaccessible Healthcare
“It took me five years to get the right diagnosis,” [...]
Limitations of ONS Life Expectancy Estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK
Dharmi Kapadia, Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester, and Director at the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, presents research carried out alongside Harry Taylor and Laia Becares (King’s College London) on the limitations of ONS life expectancy estimates published in 2021.
Safer Lives moves into pilot phase
The Safer Lives project has now moved into the pilot [...]
Why We Record Ethnicity – And Why It Matters
As the Race Equality Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, launch their landmark conference, ‘Advancing Racial Justice: Convention on the State of Data 2026’, our Chief Executive, Jabeer Butt, reflects on the use, and mis-use, of ethnicity data from the 1960s to the present day.
