Woman's Place UK

 

26 May 2020

 

Woman's Place UK

12 posts today

RT @GEOgovuk: Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. Take part in our quiz throughout this week about the history of Equal Pay in the UK. 👇 Q: What year did the Equal Pay Act receive royal assent? ...

May 26th @ 8:59 am |

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RT @WomensBudgetGrp: .@fawcettsociety polling shows 72% of the public think care workers are underpaid for work they do. https://t.co/QayWov... Read our briefing on urgent action govt needs to take to address the crisis within the underfunded & ...

May 26th @ 8:58 am |

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‪Dr Karolina Widerström (1856-1949) Swedish. Gynaecologist. Suffragist. First Swedish woman to qualify as a doctor in 1884. Strong advocate of sex education for women & girls, dress reform especially corsets, and to end the forced registration & ...

May 26th @ 7:23 am |

Woman's Place UK

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Dr Karolina Widerström (1856-1949) Swedish. Gynaecologist. Suffragist. First Swedish woman to qualify as a doctor in 1884. Strong advocate of sex education for women & girls, dress reform especially corsets, and to end the forced registration ...

May 26th @ 7:22 am |

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Women make up 54% of the trade union movement but are under-represented and, often, poorly represented. This needs to change. Here is our blog from 2019 on making sure your union is serving the needs of women and fighting for our rights. ...

May 26th @ 7:09 am |

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RT @kiritunks: This is bonkers. Great union outreach work with Mumsnet jettisoned after complaints. Women make up c50% of GMB membership; the union claims to speak for “mums”; Q&A had focus on pregnancy/childcare but word woman doesn’t feature ...

May 26th @ 7:05 am |

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RT @closethepaygap: “There’s a significant risk that the crisis will force women to leave their jobs, affecting their income, career prospects & making them more vulnerable to poverty.” Our director @msakrit talks to @ScotNational about the ...

May 26th @ 7:04 am |

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RT @fawcettsociety: New Fawcett data shows strong public support for better pay for social care workers. 8/10 care workers are women. Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. Coronavirus highlights how work done by women is still being ...

May 26th @ 7:03 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @GMB_union: Members have raised concerns about some online Q&As we’re holding over the next few weeks. We always listen to members so we’ll pause & take some time to listen and engage. https://t.co/dg9eOp...

May 26th @ 7:02 am |

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RT @claireOT: @GMB_union So... you were going to use Mumsnet to promote your work to thousands of ordinary working Mums. Women who have faced the heaviest impact of the lockdown, the double shift, faced redundancy. Then you decided not to.

May 26th @ 7:02 am |