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26 November 2008 Protesting outside parliament in October 2008, photo Paul Mattsson 19 November 2008 Every year 30,000 women lose their job as a result of becoming pregnant. Employers often give other reasons. The Socialist spoke to a south London worker, sacked as soon as she announced her pregnancy... 19 November 2008 Gender inequality worsening Women working full time will be paid £369,000 less over their working life than their male counterparts according to government figures... 15 October 2008
Around 300 women and trade unionists attended a meeting last week in parliament in defence of abortion rights and a woman's right to choose organised by Abortion Rights (AR)... 31 July 2008 Based on their hourly rate in the UK in 2008, women who work full time earn 17% less than men on average. Jane James investigates. 9 July 2008 THIS AUTUMN, the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine campaign is being rolled out. It is estimated this will save the lives of over 400 women a year in Britain. The government awarded the contract to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for their vaccine Cervarix... 28 May 2008
THE VARIOUS attempts to restrict rights to abortion, via amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill, ended in defeat on 20 May as MPs voted to keep the status quo, writes Eleanor Donne. 14 May 2008
No reduction in the time limit, End the two-doctor rule: On 20 May Tory MP Nadine Dorries intends to move an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to cut the current upper limit for abortion from 24 to 20 weeks, writes Eleanor Donne, Basildon Socialist Party. 14 May 2008
From 9-11 May Camden in London saw visitors from all over Britain, but also from other parts of the world... 7 May 2008 TORY MP Nadine Dorries has launched a campaign to reduce the upper limit on the time of abortions from the current 24-week limit to 20 weeks, writes Sarah Sachs-Eldridge. 1 - 10 of 42 | Next > | |||||||||||||||
