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Osborne’s recovery is an illusion, women still feel the pinch
Osborne's Autumn Financial Statement neglects women's struggles, lacks social service investment, exacerbates income inequality.
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Media Round-up: April 2019
Media Round-up: April 2019
Thomas Reuters Foundation, ‘Is Brexit good or bad for women? It’s divisive to even ask’, by Emma Batha
“Brexit will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole – and will hit women harder than men,” said Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group, a feminist think-tank.
Devdiscourse, ‘The gender angle in Brexit saga, safe to murmur, scary to discuss!’ 5th April 2019
….Women who support Brexit accused them of scaremongering and suggested some of their arguments might verge on sexism, highlighting the bitter split in the country since a referendum in 2016 when Britain voted by a small margin to leave the EU. “Brexit will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole – and will hit women harder than men,” said Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group, a feminist think-tank.
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