Parity (charity)
| Founded | 1986 |
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| Type | Men's rights charity |
| Registration no. | 1107795 |
| Focus | Gender equality, pensions, domestic violence, equal parenting, education, health |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 51°25′10″N 0°40′44″W / 51.419484°N 0.678756°W |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
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Key people
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David Yarwood (Hon Secretary) 29 August 1986 - present, Chairpersons: David Lindsay 1986-91; Maurice Oldfield 1991-98; John Mays 1998 |
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Revenue
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£1,844 |
| Slogan | Equal Rights for UK Men and Women |
| Mission | To promote and protect the equal rights of men and women to the enjoyment of all civil, political, economic social and cultural rights under the law. |
| Website | parity-uk.org |
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Formerly called
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Campaign for Equal State Pension Ages |
Parity is a United Kingdom-based men's rights organisation, which describes itself as campaigning to promote and protect the equality of men and women under the law. Its main focus has been in the area of state pensions and associated benefits, and most of its notable successes have occurred in this field. The organisation was previously called Campaign for Equal State Pension Ages.
Parity was formed in 1986 as "Campaign for Equal State Pension Ages" (CESPA) and its principal aim was to obtain for men the same state pension rights at age 60 as are enjoyed by women. The organisation changed its name to "Parity" in 1997 to reflect growing concern regarding increased unequal treatment of men and women by the state.
CESPA's inaugural meeting was held on 29 August 1986 in Committee Room 1 of Manchester Town Hall.The ten founder members were G.W. Alderton, D.Higgins, D.J.D Yarwood, J.H Bennett, E.L Anderson, J.Greenwood, M.D Davidson, J.Graham, D.G Lindsay, and J. Bradfield. The original Cespa constitution was agreed. The meeting appointed David Lindsay as Chairman, Geoff Alderton as Vice-Chairman, David Yarwood as Hon Secretary and John Bennett as Treasurer.
Parity was denied charitable status for a number of years because it was seeking changes in the law to redress statutory sex discrimination, and thus was deemed to be political. It finally gained charitable status in 2005 following a change to the Human Rights Act.
The organisation is run entirely by volunteers and receives no public funding. It had an income of £1,844 in 2016.
In its constitution it states its objectives are "to promote and protect the equal rights of men and women to the enjoyment of all civil, political, economic social and cultural rights under the law" and "to institute proceedings in the UK or appropriate European Courts for the purpose of establishing or protecting any such equal rights."
Parity has had some notable successes over the years, particularly in addressing sex discrimination against men by the government. Their campaigns have stopped government sex discrimination which had denied an estimated £20 million per year to males between the ages of 60-65.
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