{"id":9866,"date":"2016-03-08T15:49:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=9866"},"modified":"2016-03-08T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:49:06","slug":"greater-role-in-public-life-needed-to-beat-womens-poverty-says-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/03\/08\/greater-role-in-public-life-needed-to-beat-womens-poverty-says-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater role in public life needed to beat women&#039;s poverty, says summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_9867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9867\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CdBcu1OXEAA9q4V.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9867\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9867 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CdBcu1OXEAA9q4V.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Haworth, Alice Hooker-Stroud, Eluned Parrott, Helen-Mary Jones, and Lesley Griffiths (Photo: @OxfamCymru)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9867 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CdBcu1OXEAA9q4V.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Haworth, Alice Hooker-Stroud, Eluned Parrott, Helen-Mary Jones, and Lesley Griffiths (Photo: @OxfamCymru)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Women in Wales panel Janet Haworth, Alice Hooker-Stroud, Eluned Parrott, Helen-Mary Jones, and Lesley Griffiths<\/strong> (Photo: @OxfamCymru)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nINTERNATIONAL Women\u2019s Day 2016 was marked in Cardiff Bay today by the Women In Wales summit.<br \/>\nMore than 200 people gathered to attend a day of talks and discussions on empowering women to take a greater role in public life.<br \/>\nThe main message of the morning session was that there is need for a radical examination of the way women are viewed, particularly in the workplace.<br \/>\nThe event was organised by charities Women Making A Difference, Oxfam Cymru, and Chwarae Teg.<br \/>\nMore than 200 women attended sessions on topics including women and poverty and the importance of women taking on public roles.<br \/>\nJoy Kent, chief executive of Chwarae Teg, and Sarah Rees, who is standing for election to the Welsh Assembly with the new Women\u2019s Equality Party this May,\u00a0spoke about the importance of representative leadership.<br \/>\nMs Rees said\u00a0equality in the UK had a long way to go.<br \/>\n\u201cAbout 80 per cent of people working part-time in Wales are women. When I became a mum the inequality hit me like a slap in the face. I was suddenly this invisible person who had produced another person, and without the help of Joy and Chwarae Teg, I would still be at home.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe need to look at the economy and have policies that benefit everybody \u2013 we have growing inequality in the UK and need to do something to impact that. We\u2019ve lost sight of the point of the economy. People in power need to listen, and then make changes to benefit the population,\u201d said Ms Kent.<br \/>\nMs Kent and Ms Rees spoke at length about the need for more women to be confident enough to put themselves forward for public positions, and the value of more diverse leadership in bringing about real change.<br \/>\nThe panel on Women and Poverty included politicians, all of whom will be standing May\u2019s election.<br \/>\nConservative AM Janet Howarth highlighted the generational trap of poverty. She pointed out the influence of lone parenthood, divorce and taking time out of a career to raise children and how these factors disproportionately affect women in the workplace.<br \/>\n\u201cThe economy matters most to those who don\u2019t have the money,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need better access to education for women \u2013 it should be free for everyone for life, and there should be provision for childcare for those in education. It would help women to get access to the same service as men, \u201d said Alice Hooker-Stroud, leader of the Green Party in Wales.<br \/>\nShe also spoke out in support of a &#8220;Citizens\u2019 Income&#8221; so that unacknowledged domestic work would not set women back \u2013 there was wide support for this from the room.<br \/>\nLiberal Democrat AM Eluned Parrott added her voice to those talking about education and maternity cover.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat I want to see is real work for employers to make sure men and women are equally supported. If a parent takes a break for three years because they can\u2019t afford to work, they can\u2019t make a profit, then we see women feeling obliged to go back into the workplace at a lower level, and that is not acceptable.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWhy is it that women outperform men at high school, but the upper echelons of education are massively dominated by men?\u201d<br \/>\nSian Tyrrell, 43, said\u00a0the situation was even worse for women in extreme poverty.<br \/>\n\u201cThe work prospects, if you don\u2019t have a permanent address and decent shoes, they\u2019re not good. You\u2019re already on the back foot.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Tyrrell is a volunteer at a hostel and has worked for mental health charities. She says\u00a0women are particularly vulnerable when they face homelessness and addiction, both of which she has experienced.<br \/>\nHelen Mary Jones, candidate for Plaid Cymru, spoke about the importance of women having role models and taking on non-traditional jobs. More women than men have cleaning jobs, for instance, which are lower paid than other jobs that require few qualifications.<br \/>\nLesley Griffiths, Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, said:\u00a0\u201cSustainable work is the route out of poverty but childcare is a barrier particularly for women.\u201d<br \/>\nMel Heitkamp, 47, said\u00a0better childcare provision was needed particularly for women who live in rural areas, use public transport or\u00a0who do shift work. Frequently one parent has to give up work.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m finally training to be a nurse, because my children are now old enough to walk to school and look after themselves,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nMel moved to the UK from South Africa in 1998 with two children and her life in a suitcase, fleeing an abusive husband.<br \/>\nShe says she\u2019s struggled for work ever since, but has recently been taking courses on the Open University and begins a degree in Adult Nursing at University of South Wales this month.<br \/>\nThere was widespread support also for the wider education of the public about inequality.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need to bring men into these conversations, so they understand the perspective of women,\u201d said Alice Hooker-Stroud.<br \/>\nHelen Mary Jones summed up: \u201cWe need to change the system so it works for women; don\u2019t change women so they work for the system.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERNATIONAL Women\u2019s Day 2016 was marked in Cardiff Bay today by the Women In Wales summit. 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