The Latest Lib Dem Policy for Women!
Women
face pressure from all directions these days. Hit
hard by
the recession, trying to juggle family commitments with work and home
life, it’s easy to feel like you’re running just to stand still.
The
media screams out an endless list of things
still to do: get a bikini
body in 20 days, plan the perfect children’s party, how to look 10
years younger. Despite great strides forward in equality, women still
get paid less than men, and generally still end up taking more
responsibility for childcare and looking after elderly relatives.
This can be hugely rewarding, but combining  this with a job can seem almost impossible.There’s
a lot the Government could do to give a helping hand. Making
employers check for pay discrimination would help women get the money
they deserve. Providing 20 hours per week free childcare would
allow
parents to make real choices about returning to work.
Enabling
everyone to ask for flexible working would help to change the rigid
work culture, and make it easier to juggle different commitments.
And
it would be nice to inject some realism into the media’s portrayal
of
women, instead of the suggestion that nothing less than perfection will
do.
In this paper we set out what the Liberal Democrats would do differently to help real women. Our most distinctive new ideas are in this paper, and I hope you like them.
Take care,
Real Women  |
  Find out more about the issues Inside This Issue We want to ensure that you get all the information you need about the issues discussed in this magazine. We've provided useful links to organisations and articles that can help: 3 Real Money 5 Real Lives 7 Real Women |
RealWomen.org.uk - All Rights Reserved
Design by: Paul Emerton
& David Angell
Copyright © 2009 Jo Swinson, MP Chair of the Working Group on Womens Policy. Hosted by Concept Advertising
Privacy Statement
Published and promoted by and on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, 4 Cowley Street, London, SW1P 3NB. Telephone:
020 7222 7999
Copyright © 2009 Jo Swinson, MP Chair of the Working Group on Womens Policy. Hosted by Concept Advertising
Privacy Statement
Published and promoted by and on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, 4 Cowley Street, London, SW1P 3NB. Telephone:
020 7222 7999