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• Women, patriarchy (UK)

  Northern Irish doctors’ group to fight abortion pill prosecutions

  11 August, by McDONALD Henry

  Pro-choice organisation opposes medics being forced to report women to the police
  A new pro-choice doctors’ organisation has been established in Northern Ireland to defend physician-patient confidentiality over the use of banned abortion pills.
  Doctors for Choice Northern Ireland said they (...)

• Women, patriarchy (UK)

  U.K.: collapse in rate of rape prosecutions

  10 June, by End Violence Against Women

  Rape prosecution rate has collapsed - only 1 in 25 reported cases getting to court. CrowdJustice fundraising appeal opened to fund challenge.
  The End Violence Against Women (EVAW), represented by the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ), began legal action against the Crown Prosecution Service (...)

• Women, patriarchy (UK)

  UK: Women bear the brunt of high street closures and job losses

  26 April, by JOLLY Jasper

  In 2019 the number of retail jobs held by women fell by 3.4% but for men it was down only 0.2%.
  The wave of store closures and job losses that is hollowing out the British high street has a disproportionate impact on women.
  Higher costs and the shift to online shopping have left many of the (...)

• Women, patriarchy (UK)

  U.K. : Benefit cap: single mothers make up 85% of those affected, data shows

  4 January, by SYAL Rajeev

  DWP records show 134,044 households had support capped, with single mothers accounting for 114,337
  The vast majority of people being penalised by the government’s benefit cap are single mothers, new analysis has found.
  According to Department for Work and Pensions data examined by the Labour (...)