Reflections of a feminist
As Chancellor George Osborne prepares to
amuse us with an emergency budget (aka "summer budget 2015") - amongst other things seeking to cap benefits
at 20K outside London and introduce further austerity measures, I get a lot of
questions about the impact of further cuts on women.
Without a doubt, women will be bearing the
brunt of austerity most.
Before we even get to the question of
gender equality in the face of tightening budgets, let's take a step back and
see all extra levels of vulnerability that come with age, ethnicity, documented
presence in the UK, and others. Creating various layers of vulnerability to
austerity is not helpful. We are all in the same boat, and the boat is sinking.
In the face of a neoliberal budget
proposal, we should stay united. United across age, gender, race and ethnicity.
United - dare I say it - even across right to live and work in the UK.
