[Radical_childcare] Women at the Cutting Edge

[Anna Davies]

Please Forward Widely

                                                                Feminist 
Fightback 

Women at the Cutting Edge…
Saturday 30 October 11am – 5pm

 
Venue: The Arbour, 100 Shandy Street, E1 4ST (nearest tube Stepney Green)
Open to people of all genders 
 

Free creche available: please email feminist.fightback at gmail.com to confirm a 
place.
 
On 20 October the ConDem government's “Spending Review” will detail  enormous 
cuts in public services. We are already feeling the impact of  earlier cuts many 
effected by Labour; nurseries and libraries are  closing, jobs are being lost. 
As the government “austerity drive” steps  up, the reality is that cuts will hit 
the lives of all but the  wealthiest. In many cases women will be hit the 
hardest with recent  reports estimating  that women will suffer 72% of the tax 
and benefit  cuts. 

Whether you’re a feminist, an activist, a trade unionist, someone  affected by 
the cuts, or involved in fighting the cuts in your college,  community or 
workplace, or just interested in how the landscape of the  welfare state is 
changing, Feminist Figtback invites you to join a day  of discussions and 
networking. We want  to put these cuts in a political  context, link up, and 
share ideas and skills as we plan to fight them  together. 

 
Participatory workshops on:
What’s going on?
 Mapping cuts and campaigns

Who do the cuts affect?
 Why are cuts a feminist issue?

What does it mean?
 Demystifying the “economics of the crisis”

What do we want? 
Fighting within and against the state
 
For more information or to book a stall at the event, please see 
http://www.feministfightback.org.uk, email feminist.fightback at gmail.com, or call 
Laura on 07971 842027 


      
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