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Labour's Consultation on Women's Safety, 'Everywoman safe, everywhere' is a UK policy consultation set up by Labour Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP in November 2011〔(Yvette Cooper MP calls for action on women's safety - Yvette Cooper MP's website )〕 and will be chaired by former solicitor general Vera Baird QC supported by Kate Green MP (Shadow Minister for Equalities) and Stella Creasy MP (Shadow Home Office Minister) and will examine the cumulative effects of Coalition Government policy on women's safety, reporting its findings to the Labour Party’s policy making process. The consultation will hold events across the country with local women's groups to examine the impact of the Government's spending and policy changes on women's safety, and will also consider potential legislative measures that could safeguard women’s safety despite the downturn and the lack of available public funds. ==Overview== Chair of the Consultation Vera Baird has said: ''"Violence against women support services are falling like ninepins from the dual blows of local authority and government funding... Following Kenneth Clarke's ill-informed comments on rape〔('Clarke forced to apologise for rape comments' - The Guardian )〕 the impression is that nobody is fighting women's corner in a sea of disregard. ''We will call for evidence, hold hearings, talk to survivors of violence, travel nationwide and do everything we can to ascertain whether these worries are justified, how to point this out to the government so they an put them right and how women's safety can be improved not endangered.'' ''Wherever I go, organisations and individuals tell me of their concerns that the Coalition doesn't understand women's issues. They quote tax and welfare and public sector jobs cuts driving women out of work back into the home, and making them vulnerable by removing the power of income and independence from them."'' ''〔('Women Facing 'Sea Of Disregard' From The Government, Warns Chair Of Labour Commission On Women's Safety' - Huffington Post )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Everywoman Safe Everywhere – Labour's Consultation on Women's Safety」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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