On #InternationalWomensDay, here's a look at how #Brexit will affect women more: europeanmovement.co.uk/international-… #IWD #IWD2021
Women will bear the economic brunt of Brexit – 86% of austerity cuts came at women's expense, who will also shoulder the majority of Brexit costs to households of £850-6,400 per year europeanmovement.co.uk/international-…
Women worker's rights are threatened by any post-Brexit deregulation and loss of EU protections – including paid holidays for five million UK women and protections for 430,000 pregnant workers and new mothers every year europeanmovement.co.uk/international-…
Public spending cuts and falling numbers of EU care workers will force women into unpaid care work at four times the rate of men, costing women £315 million in lost earnings europeanmovement.co.uk/international-…
The government's ‘right to reside' system discriminates against 1.8 million EU-born women – including 53,000 EU women suffering from domestic violence; the 90% female EU nationals who are full-time caregivers; and two-thirds female workers in low-paid work europeanmovement.co.uk/international-…
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