Brexit has had a profound impact on me, my family, my nationality status and my career and continues to do so. It’s the same for my husband but he is not affected in quite the same way by the geographical fracturing of our respective families.
I think the lack of policing has made it very hard for women to feel safe outside at night and the murder of Sarah Everard and other problems within the Met police have been shocking and have diminished women’s confidence and trust in the police on so many levels.
Young women in care and young vulnerable women have been let down horribly as demonstrated by the grooming and abuse cases in Rochdale and elsewhere.
And the lack of resources in the justice system has left victims of rape and sexual violence vulnerable and unsupported.
Plus all of the other examples previously mentioned such as the scandalously poor care im maternity units, lack of support for carers looking after elderly parents or dependent children with disabilities, not all are women but the majority are. And all of the women in the caring professions such as carers, nurses, cleaners, nursery workers, working long hours for low wages. The caring professions are not valued nearly enough.
And of course we are starting to see the rl effects of self ID legislation with men encroaching on womens prisons, in womens spaces, in womens sport, and on all- female short lists. Why is it always women who have to budge up and make space? Why not men?
And of course there is the Conservative government’s failure to push through legislation to extend protections to prevent pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace which is increasing, not diminishing!