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Equality Areas this covers specific resources for each of the 9 personal characteristics that are currently protected by Irish equality legislation - gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.
This includes a summary of the important parts of Irish and EU Law, Trinity policy, existing resources on campus and anything else relevant to that particular equality area.

Training recommended training options for Trinity students and staff including

• Let’s Talk about Race in the Higher Education Sector
• The Trinity Inclusive Curriculum Professional Learning Module in Inclusive Practices for staff
• EDI in Higher Education – required for staff who are involved in hiring panels

Trinity Policy: it is worthwhile to familiarise yourself with the existence of these policies and how they can be activated – they include plain language explanations of the rights and supports available and how to ask for them:

• Equality Policy
• Dignity & Respect Policy
•  Sexual Misconduct Policy
•  Accessible Information Policy
•  Disability Policy (DisAbility Service website)
•  Gender Identity and Gender Expression Policy

Legislation It can be useful to understand the legal context that underpins EDI activity in Ireland, as a reminder of the basis of this work and also the fundamental rights which are protected by it:

•  Key Definitions
•  Equal Status Act
•  Employment Equality Act
•  Disability Act
•  Irish Human Rights and Equality Act

EDI Calendar This section includes a central calendar of a range of EDI-relevant dates throughout the year within Trinity and the wider world. You can add this calendar to your email account as well as submit events to be added to it if relevant.

News keep up to date with EDI-related news on campus

Inclusive Curriculum On this page, we provide lots of resources and some links to useful reading, podcasts, videos and training modules where you can learn more about inclusive curriculum and inclusive practices in teaching and learning, and accessibility. These materials can be of interest to both students and staff.#

Athena Swan The Athena Swan Charter is a framework that is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE) and research. The objective of the Athena Swan Ireland 2021 charter framework is to support higher education institutions, academic departments, and professional units in impactful and sustainable gender equality work and to build capacity for evidence-based equality work across the equality grounds enshrined in Irish legislation