We’re very excited to progressing with our project, the centrepiece
of which is our book raising awareness of the damaging effects the
privatisation of welfare has on women. We will shortly be launching our
crowd-funding campaign, explaining our project against the
monetisation of welfare services, and trying to raise a few pennies to get it
off the ground.
After two successful report launches at the House of Commons
which have affected real change in government policy and years of grassroots
work with vulnerable and marginalised women, we are now using this project to
connect policymakers with those on the ground. We are publishing a book aiming
to shatter the silence around the real impact of outsourced public service
contracts, and its damaging effect on women.
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| From our crowdfunding video to come! |
We’ve found that women have been disproportionately
affected by the recession and austerity measures, with twice as many women
as men losing their jobs in the public sector. Female unemployment is at its
highest in over
25 years. It has become clear that awarding these contracts to the lowest
bidder fails to protect many traumatised women, and instead inflicts further
trauma upon them.
Our campaign is working against monetising necessary welfare
services, upon which thousands of vulnerable people around the UK rely. Shazia
Mirza will dramatise these stories at Women of the World (WOW) 2014,
demonstrating the appalling effects of privatisation on women in the UK. We've just put together our brand new Facebook and twitter pages, so like/follow and share!
We are very much looking forward to working with our
collaborators and getting this project up and running. Our call for submissions
is still active, so please write in if you know of any women or organisations
who would like to contribute, and please share to raise awareness of this
important issue.
Please get in touch with us if you any questions, concerns,
advice, or just want to have a chat about these issues!
