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Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson has been appointed as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The EHRC is Britain's independent equality and human rights regulator. It is a United Nations accredited ‘A status’ National Human Rights Institution (NHRI).

Its role is to make the country a fairer place by enforcing and upholding the laws that safeguard everyone’s right to fairness, dignity and respect.

The EHRC enforces the Equality Act 2010, which makes it unlawful to discriminate against or harass individuals based on the nine protected characteristics.

Mary-Ann has a PhD in Equality Law from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ School of Law (2016), and co-authored a number of reports for the Centre for Human Rights in Practice.

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