date: 7th March 2012
embargo: 00:01 Thursday 8th March
To coincide with International Women's Day the Northern TUC's Women's Group and Northern Public Services Alliance are holding a meeting on Thursday 8th March at Newcastle Civic Centre between 5.30pm and 7.00pmto discuss the disproportionate effects the Government's cuts are having on women both nationally and locally, and to launch the national TUC's 'Women and the cuts Toolkit'.
The unfairness of the government's attacks on the public sector has been widely recognised, not just by the trade union movement, but by much of the national press, the NGO and charity sector, community groups, religious organisations, many academics and a range of think tanks.
On an almost daily basis, the government announces new policies that will have a negative impact on women. The abolition of the Women's National Commission, cut backs and a review of the functions of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and cuts to legal aid are just a few examples of recent government announcements, before and since the CSR, which will have had a direct, negative impact on women.
Attendees at the meeting will get the chance to discuss a programme of work to highlight the continuing impact of austerity on women and how this can be addresses, along with hearing from some inspiring regional women who are striving to make a difference, and campaigning hard to keep equality as a right and not a privilege.
Speakers include Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle North, Sally Young, Chief Executive of Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service and Clare Williams, Chair of Northern TUC's Women's Group.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- The labour market statistics for September 2011 revealed that:
- For details of the March 10th Public Services
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Media contacts:
Clare Williams, Chair of Northern TUC Women's Group T: 07801 743 444
Kevin Rowan, Northern TUC Regional Secretary T: 0191 227 5565; M: 07766250074; E: krowan@tuc.org.uk
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