The EU is important for gender equality in Europe. If the EU were to be weakened, this would weaken a major support for all forms of equality in Europe.
Professor Silvia Walby discusses Crisis, Brexit and Changes in Gender Regimes with The Sociological Review in August 2017.
She also says:
The Brexit referendum and the election of Trump confirm the development of a neoliberal form of the public gender regime and a turn away from the social democratic form.