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We committed to establishing Equality, Race and Disability Evidence Units in our Programme for Government 2021\. This was in response to the need for strengthened evidence to address inequality in Wales which was further highlighted by the COVID\-19 pandemic.


The three distinct Evidence Units have now been established and will work together as the Equality, Race and Disability Evidence Units. The Units’ mission is to improve the availability, quality, granularity and accessibility of evidence about individuals with protected and associated characteristics. This will enable decision makers to develop better informed policies that can be monitored and evaluated for their impact. In turn, this will drive us towards better outcomes for people with protected and associated characteristics and contribute to the national well\-being goal of a more equal Wales.


This week the Equality, Race and Disability Evidence Units Strategy and priorities have been published.


The Strategy has been developed with stakeholders and describes the Units’ scope, remit and ways of working. The priorities document sets out what the Units will do to achieve their aims in the short, medium and longer term. Both are intended to be live documents. The priorities are not intended to be a fixed list of commitments for the Units. They are likely to change as stakeholder and accountability groups develop their thinking and provide further direction.


Key responsibilities of the Equality, Race and Disability Evidence Units are to:


* Assess the current landscape of evidence in relation to protected and associated characteristics.
* Understand and assess the impact of gaps in equalities evidence.
* In response to gaps, assess, prioritise and scope projects to fill key gaps by improving and linking existing data sources and develop new sources of equalities evidence, where required.
* Improve the quality and accessibility of equalities data sources for Welsh Government and wider external use.
* Support key Programme for Government commitments such as those related to fair work. This includes data to support the National Milestone to eliminate the gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap by 2050\.
* Provide evidence and advice to support and evaluate key Welsh Government equality action plans, such as An Anti\-Racist Wales Plan, the work of the Disability Rights Taskforce, the Advancing Gender Equality in Wales plan, the draft LGBTQ\+ Action Plan.
* Ongoing engagement and work with equality groups and fora in order to understand and inform priority research areas including the Anti\-racist Wales Accountability Group, Disability Rights Taskforce, Gender Equality Subgroup and LGBTQ\+ Expert Stakeholder Group.
* Ensure that all types of evidence are considered and develop our understanding of lived experience by establishing a co\-production approach.
* Use evidence to highlight good practice and positive change and allow comparative assessment of policies and organisations.


The Units are committed to working as co\-productively as possible at both a programme and project level. They have started a pilot project which is aimed at testing questions relevant to the social model of disability using co\-productive approaches. They will evaluate this pilot and share the learning around co\-production and research both within Welsh Government and with colleagues across the public sector.







Translation:


 
Rydym wedi ymrwymo i sefydlu Unedau Tystiolaeth Cydraddoldeb, Hil ac Anabledd yn Rhaglen Lywodraethu 2021\. Mae hyn yn ymateb i’r angen i gael tystiolaeth gryfach er mwyn mynd i’r afael ag anghydraddoldeb yng Nghymru sydd wedi dod yn amlycach fyth yn sgil pandemig COVID\-19\.


Mae’r tair uned dystiolaeth benodol wedi cael eu sefydlu a byddant yn cydweithio fel Unedau Tystiolaeth Cydraddoldeb, Hil ac Anabledd. Gwaith yr unedau fydd gwella ansawdd, manylder a hygyrchedd y data sydd ar gael am unigolion â nodweddion gwarchodedig a chysylltiedig. Bydd hyn yn caniatáu’r rhai sy’n gwneud penderfyniadau i ddatblygu polisïau mwy gwybodus y gellir monitro a gwerthuso eu heffaith. Yn ei dro, bydd hyn yn ysgogi gwell canlyniadau i bobl â nodweddion gwarchodedig a chysylltiedig ac yn cyfrannu at y nod llesiant cenedlaethol o greu Cymru mwy cyfartal.


Yr wythnos hon cyhoeddwyd Strategaeth a blaenoriaethau’r Unedau Tystiolaeth Cydraddoldeb, Hil ac Anabledd.


Datblygwyd y Strategaeth gyda rhanddeiliaid ac mae'n disgrifio cwmpas, cylch gwaith a ffyrdd o weithio'r Unedau. Mae'r ddogfen flaenoriaethau’n nodi'r hyn y bydd yr Unedau yn ei wneud i gyflawni eu nodau yn y tymor byr, y tymor canolig a’r tymor hwy. Y bwriad yw y bydd y ddwy ddogfen yn ddogfennau byw. Ni fwriedir i'r blaenoriaethau fod yn rhestr gyflawn o ymrwymiadau i'r Unedau. Maent yn debygol o newid wrth i grwpiau rhanddeiliaid a grwpiau atebolrwydd ddatblygu eu ffordd o feddwl a rhoi cyfeiriad pellach i’r gwaith yn y maes hwn.


Cyfrifoldebau allweddol yr Unedau Tystiolaeth Cydraddoldeb, Hil ac Anabledd yw:


* Asesu'r sefyllfa gyfredol mewn perthynas â thystiolaeth ynghylch nodweddion gwarchodedig a chysylltiedig.
* Deall ac asesu effaith bylchau mewn tystiolaeth ynghylch cydraddoldeb.
* Asesu, blaenoriaethu a chwmpasu prosiectau i lenwi bylchau allweddol drwy wella a chysylltu ffynonellau data presennol a datblygu ffynonellau newydd o dystiolaeth cydraddoldebau, lle bo angen.
* Gwella ansawdd a hygyrchedd ffynonellau data cydraddoldeb i Lywodraeth Cymru a defnydd allanol ehangach.
* Cefnogi ymrwymiadau allweddol y Rhaglen Lywodraethu, megis y rhai sy'n ymwneud â gwaith teg. Mae hyn yn cynnwys data i gefnogi'r Garreg Filltir Genedlaethol i ddileu'r bwlch cyflog rhwng y rhywiau ac o ran ethnigrwydd ac anabledd erbyn 2050\.
* Darparu tystiolaeth a chyngor i gefnogi a gwerthuso cynlluniau gweithredu cydraddoldeb allweddol Llywodraeth Cymru, megis y Cynllun Gweithredu Cymru Wrth\-hiliol, gwaith y Tasglu Hawliau Anabledd, y Cynllun Hyrwyddo Cydraddoldeb rhwng y Rhywiau yng Nghymru, a’r Cynllun Gweithredu LHDTC\+ drafft.
* Ymgysylltu a gweithio'n barhaus â grwpiau a fforymau cydraddoldeb er mwyn deall a llywio meysydd ymchwil â blaenoriaeth gan gynnwys Grŵp Atebolrwydd Cymru Wrth\-hiliol, y Tasglu Hawliau Pobl Anabl, yr Is\-grŵp Cydraddoldeb Rhywiol a'r Grŵp Rhanddeiliaid Arbenigol LHDTC\+.
* Defnyddio ac ystyried pob math o dystiolaeth a datblygu ein dealltwriaeth o brofiad bywyd drwy sefydlu dull o gydgynhyrchu
* Defnyddio tystiolaeth i amlygu arferion da a newid cadarnhaol a chynnal asesiad cymharol o bolisïau a sefydliadau.


Mae'r Unedau wedi ymrwymo i weithio ar y cyd cyn belled â phosibl, a hynny ar lefel rhaglen a lefel prosiect. Maent wedi dechrau prosiect peilot i brofi cwestiynau sy'n berthnasol i'r model cymdeithasol o anabledd gan ddefnyddio dulliau cydgynhyrchu. Byddant yn gwerthuso'r peilot hwn ac yn rhannu'r hyn a ddysgwyd am gydgynhyrchu ac ymchwil o fewn Llywodraeth Cymru a gyda chydweithwyr ar draws y sector cyhoeddus.