*Assemble 12.30 at Weston Park to set off at 1pm*
This is a family-friendly event where all genders are welcome. You are welcome to join us whether you know about the below issues, or not. We will be marching from Weston Park to Barker's Pool where there will be speakers and stalls.
We hope you can join us - it's important to send a message to the government and to society in general that we're not taking the cuts sitting down.
• Women’s unemployment currently stands at 1.10 million, the highest level in 23 years and the rate has been rising at a significantly disproportionate rate to men’s.
• Women will be hardest hit as the services and benefits they need are cuts. For example, the closure of surestart centres, care services and cuts to housing and childcare benefits.
• Many organisations that provide vital domestic violence, sexual violence and trafficking services face grave uncertainties. Women’s Aid report that 60% of refuges have no agreed funding from April 2011. They have to turn women away, putting lives at risk.
• Sheffield council have recently approved Spearmint Rhino’s application for a new license. The owner of Spearmint Rhino said last year that he thought students should “strip to pay fees”. Strip clubs perpetuate the idea that women are sexual objects, and these ideas can be extremely harmful.
Sheffield Against Sexism wants to:
• Fight sexism in Sheffield
• Campaign against more strip clubs opening in the city
• Save our local women’s services
Join us on Saturday 28th April to protest against the sexism that continues to harm women in this society.
Sexism: prejudice or discrimination based on gender; or conditions or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on gender.
This is a family-friendly event where all genders are welcome. You are welcome to join us whether you know about the below issues, or not. We will be marching from Weston Park to Barker's Pool where there will be speakers and stalls.
We hope you can join us - it's important to send a message to the government and to society in general that we're not taking the cuts sitting down.
• Women’s unemployment currently stands at 1.10 million, the highest level in 23 years and the rate has been rising at a significantly disproportionate rate to men’s.
• Women will be hardest hit as the services and benefits they need are cuts. For example, the closure of surestart centres, care services and cuts to housing and childcare benefits.
• Many organisations that provide vital domestic violence, sexual violence and trafficking services face grave uncertainties. Women’s Aid report that 60% of refuges have no agreed funding from April 2011. They have to turn women away, putting lives at risk.
• Sheffield council have recently approved Spearmint Rhino’s application for a new license. The owner of Spearmint Rhino said last year that he thought students should “strip to pay fees”. Strip clubs perpetuate the idea that women are sexual objects, and these ideas can be extremely harmful.
Sheffield Against Sexism wants to:
• Fight sexism in Sheffield
• Campaign against more strip clubs opening in the city
• Save our local women’s services
Join us on Saturday 28th April to protest against the sexism that continues to harm women in this society.
Sexism: prejudice or discrimination based on gender; or conditions or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on gender.
