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We& #39;ll be talking about:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔬" title="Microscope" aria-label="Emoji: Microscope">Busting Covid myths - virus is NOT a great leveler
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🩺" title="Stethoscope" aria-label="Emoji: Stethoscope">Exclusion of 50sWomen from protection & increased exposure
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Money bag" aria-label="Emoji: Money bag">Impact on their finances, security & mental health
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤝" title="Handshake" aria-label="Emoji: Handshake">Intergenerational Solidarity
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📢" title="Public address loudspeaker" aria-label="Emoji: Public address loudspeaker">Airs next Wed 3rd Juneat 6pm GMT
2/9
2/9
Covid Impact ontop of #StatePensionInjustice effects:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Chart with upwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with upwards trend"> Surge in poverty for 50swomen https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Upwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Upwards arrow">43% since changes
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛓" title="Chains" aria-label="Emoji: Chains">1 million 50sWomen in work - mostly low-pay & insecure
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Money bag" aria-label="Emoji: Money bag">Huge pension & savings gender gap
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧠" title="Brain" aria-label="Emoji: Brain">devestating mental health - 40% reporting suicidal thoughts
3/9
3/9
Covid & lockdown impact:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏥" title="Hospital" aria-label="Emoji: Hospital">Women forced to work (instead of retiring) now exposed to virus
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏥" title="Hospital" aria-label="Emoji: Hospital">Gov ignores WHO advice & leaves 50sWomen at risk
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏥" title="Hospital" aria-label="Emoji: Hospital">77%NHS staff are women + lack PPE
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏥" title="Hospital" aria-label="Emoji: Hospital">Health risk & added burden 4 carers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📉" title="Chart with downwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with downwards trend">Older women more at risk of job losses & economic fallout
4/9
4/9
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚠️" title="Warning sign" aria-label="Emoji: Warning sign">Added mental health impact of pensions, isolation & Covid
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚠️" title="Warning sign" aria-label="Emoji: Warning sign">Reduced support services for women, elderly & disabled
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚠️" title="Warning sign" aria-label="Emoji: Warning sign">Increased risk of isolation, domestic violence & economic abuse
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚠️" title="Warning sign" aria-label="Emoji: Warning sign">Finances & health already on the brink
5/9
5/9
This is a part of a persistent pattern:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Money bag" aria-label="Emoji: Money bag"> Increase of state pension age for women. Robbing them of earned dues
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📉" title="Chart with downwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with downwards trend">86% of #Austerity cuts paid by women
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇺" title="Flag of European Union" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of European Union">Women bearing economic & legal costs of #Brexit
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☣" title="Biohazard sign" aria-label="Emoji: Biohazard sign"> #Lockdown impact on women& #39;s health, labour & finances
6/9
6/9
These decisions are primarily made for & by men in power:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♀️" title="Female sign" aria-label="Emoji: Female sign">excluding women from the decision table
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♀️" title="Female sign" aria-label="Emoji: Female sign">deprioritising women& #39;s voices & interests
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♀️" title="Female sign" aria-label="Emoji: Female sign">designing systems & responses that punishes women& #39;s invisible & undervalued work
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📢" title="Public address loudspeaker" aria-label="Emoji: Public address loudspeaker">Making women visible is essential
7/9
7/9
Talking about the multiple impacts of #StatePensionInjustice, Austerity, Brexit, and Covid-19 is critical to break this pattern
I& #39;ve been proud to write evidence on this to the Women & Equalities Select Committee & #CEDAW for #Backto60 to make sure 50sWomen aren& #39;t forgotten
8/9
I& #39;ve been proud to write evidence on this to the Women & Equalities Select Committee & #CEDAW for #Backto60 to make sure 50sWomen aren& #39;t forgotten
8/9
Women bearing the brunt of these crises is not inevitable- it& #39;s a conscious choice that must be challenged. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚖" title="Scales" aria-label="Emoji: Scales">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♀️" title="Female sign" aria-label="Emoji: Female sign">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✊" title="Raised fist" aria-label="Emoji: Raised fist">
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#Backto60 @2020Comms
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