Not knowing the rule of law around safeguarding, violence, protection: Blindness to women

[lisamuggeridge]

So in 2010 when austerity happened, it seemed clear as day to me that you couldnt engage in that pattern of institutional transformation without removing the ability of women to leave abuse, thus rolling back equality for women. What have learned since is the reason I knew this was the state trained me to, but since twitter it has been clear that elite academic institutions, political parties, media organisations, FEMINIST organisations and parties, literally DO NOT KNOW about the existence of these systems. In fact the latest way to stop women discussing them is to cast them as terfs who need to be abused, even though trans rights are only sustainable if they fit with these frameworks and yet even knowing about them is anti-trans. How do you correct SO many institutions who are not aware of the rule of law they are in control of making and administering?

That's the daunting and overwhelming task that we have isn't it? Pushing back this juggernaut that's been rolling on for years while most of us were oblivious.

I don't know. Your meetings are a started - overall consciousness raising.

This is a big picture that is hard to see but once you see it all the light bulbs switch on at once. Austerity hollowing out institutions and services; Children Act-conferred responsibilities being impossible to maintain; safeguarding frameworks being dismantled; extremist transactivist demands; pomo take over of third sector orgs leading to service user blindness - the list goes on and on and on. And it's all connected in that each plank has a direct link to making things worse for women.

are a start Typo. Apologies.

I think making those connections are going to be vital - women gathering, talking, exchanging knowledge & ideas, using collective knowledge to start picking at this & breaking it down.

Great examples are Jess Stewart & her FOI requests pealing back the layers of the various stages that guidelines have failed to follow the law. Lemonjello on MN and her correspondence with Girl Guides, unraveling the failures to follow basic safeguarding & risk assessment.

Things like this across every area of public life are needed, but it's slow until we get the numbers to hit that tipping point.

Bumping this thread, its important.

Judicial review. The law is being ignored. This needs to be sorted in court.

We have to start from scratch like nothing was ever achieved!lol Even though the laws exist we are fighting to speak openly and publicly without fear of intimidation and abuse.

I do not think the importance of pointing put violations of the law can be overstated.
Councils, business, and other organizations, have been discriminating against women in violation of law for we know not how long on the basis of fraudulent documents they were provided by we know not who.
Most will correct their error when given the true text of the EA law they are violating. Those who refuse need to have complaints filed against them with the Human Rights Commission.

So many of you have done so much already to bring attention to these persistent violations of law and then ongoing discrimination against women I would hug you if I could.