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<DIV><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><A href="http://womenagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/">http://womenagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Women will take to the streets today, Tuesday 30th November,
outside the Treasury, 5 – 7pm. Women from diverse backgrounds and organisations
will voice their protest against the Government’s cuts to public expenditure and
welfare reform. </STRONG></DIV>
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<P>Chris Oliver, from Women Against the Cuts, says,</P>
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<P>“When we heard about the extent of the cuts and the devastating effect that
they would have on women in particular, we felt compelled to do something. The
students have set a precedent and now it’s our turn, as women, to stand up and
be counted. Women have a long history of peaceful protest – from the
suffragettes to the women of Greenham Common and the women who abseiled into
the House of Lords in protest at Section 28. Now it’s time to take action
again. These cuts threaten to roll back the progress made by women over the
past fifty years and blight the hopes and aspirations of a younger generation
of girls and young women. We will work together to fight back in our community
groups, in our unions, in our workplaces, in our stay and plays, and
everywhere we gather.”</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Women have taken a disproportionate hit from the measures announced in the
June Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review. <STRONG>These measures will set
women back a generation.</STRONG> Already, research by organisations like the
Fawcett Society, Women’s Budget Group and the House of Commons Library have
demonstrated how women will bear the brunt of the cuts:</P>
<OL>
<LI><STRONG>Cuts to job</STRONG>s – two-thirds of public sector workers are
women, with women accounting for 73% of the local government workforce and 77%
of the NHS workforce. Women will be forced out of the labour market in larger
numbers than men and expected to take on the care of loved ones – children,
elderly relatives, partners. Part-time and hourly paid jobs in which women are
over-represented are also likely to be the first to go. 40% of ethnic minority
women live in poverty and this figure is likely to rise as unemployment
increases.</LI>
<LI><STRONG>Cuts in social services and benefits</STRONG> – women rely on
benefits twice as much as men do. For example, cuts in Child Tax Credits,
Working Tax Credits, Child Benefit, Housing Benefit and linking pensions to
the Consumer Price Index rather than the Retail Price Index will
disproportionately affect women. The two most vulnerable groups have been
identified as lone parents, 90% of whom are women, and women single
pensioners. The quality of care services for all elderly people in this
country is a national scandal but because women tend to live longer than men
and women’s pensions are on average 60% less to that of men’s, older women are
particularly vulnerable to cuts in care services. </LI>
<LI><STRONG>Cuts are being introduced on the assumption that women will fill
the gaps, undertaking more unpaid care work in the family</STRONG>. Already
women do 4 hours of unpaid work per day – twice that of men. These cuts will
mean that women will continue to foot the bill and now to an even greater
extent, when already they are more often than not the shock absorbers to
poverty. As a result, the level of domestic violence is set to rise when
households feel the squeeze and struggle financially while funding for women’s
refuges and legal aid is being cut.</LI></OL>
<P><STRONG>WAC believe that these cuts are unfair and unnecessary:</STRONG></P>
<UL>
<LI>The annual deficit is £70bn but the 1000 wealthiest individuals gained
£77bn in one year</LI>
<LI>£120 bn of tax goes uncollected, avoided or evaded by the rich</LI>
<LI>Cuts to jobs in the Inland Revenue mean that less tax is collected and
those who evade or avoid tax are less likely to be identified</LI></UL>
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<P>Contact details:<BR>Chris Oliver, Women Against the Cuts<BR>07582
288913</P></DIV>
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