In this July 2016 article for Politics.co.uk, Sam Smethers, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, argues that Brexit must not equate to a rollback of women’s rights.
Brexit is both a negative and positive for women engineers, says Dr Sarah Peers, Vice President of the Women’s Engineering Society, in July 2016.
‘Brexit and potential human rights implications’ by UKREN’s Alan Anstead looks at some of the main human rights implications of the UK government invoking article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and starting the countdown to leaving the EU.
Susan Millns from the University of Sussex asks in a 2016 article whether Brexit has different implications for women and men.
In June 2016, international organisations came together in a statement condemning evictions of Roma and Travellers in Europe.
An Early Day Motion was tabled in June 2016 recognising the hugely positive contribution made by nationals of other countries, including other EU countries, to the UK’s economy, society, communities and families, and condemning the xenophobia that many are encountering.
Many organisations condemned the rise in racist incidents that was reported following the EU Referendum on 23 June 2016.
As the fallout from the EU Referendum continues, Women’s Aid Northern Ireland published an article expressing their concern about the impact of Brexit on women, in July 2016.
The chair of the Low Pay Commission, Sir David Norgrove, wrote in a letter to the TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady, in June 2016 that “the share of immigrants in the workforce has had little or no impact on the pay rates of the indigenous population”.
In a June 2016 article for Womankind, Lee Webster cautions against a rollback of women’s rights during Brexit.
