Brace yourself ladies - these cuts are big, there will be tens of thousands of public sector redundancies and it's said (by the Fawcett Society amongst others) that they will disproportionately affect women.
Some workers will get some sort of payoff, and some will be pleased to go. Some will find new jobs.
But I reckon the overall effect (licks finger and holds it in the wind) will be to drive down women's wages, meaning that once you are made redundant from your public sector post you may find more work but it will be at a lower rate and the extra competition for jobs across the board will drive wages down across the board. This may be true for men as well but I think it will affect women - mums - more.
If you are watching the press coverage on Weds, what do you think the effects of the cuts and the job losses for women (and mums) will be?