‘Women v the State (UK)’ video: Coming soon!

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. 

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!