Labour Manifesto 2017

WOMEN
The advances for women in
Britain and around the world
have been fought and won by
determined women working
together for real change, often
in the face of resistance and
even abuse.
Labour has a proud record on
progressing women’s rights and
freedoms. We brought in the Equal
Pay Act, the Sex Discrimination Act,
the Equality Act, the Minimum Wage
and introduced Sure Start. Ours will
be a government for women, with
a cabinet of at least 50 per cent
women, which fights ineuality and
misogyny in every part of society.
A Labour government will gender
audit all policy and legislation
for its impact on women before
implementation.
Labour will continue to ensure
a woman’s right to choose a safe,
legal abortion – and we will work
with the Assembly to extend that
right to women in Northern Ireland.
Violence against women and girls
continues to be a global epidemic,
affecting an estimated one in three
women worldwide. In the UK, on
average two women are killed by
their current or a former partner
every week. Under the Conservatives,
over a third of all local authority
funding to domestic and sexual
violence services was already cut
by 2012.
Labour will appoint a new
commissioner to enforce
minimum standards in tackling
domestic and sexual violence.
A Violence Against Women
Commissioner would also provide
stable central funding for women’s
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