Media Round-up: April 2019

Thomas Reuters Foundation
Is Brexit good or bad for women? It’s divisive to even ask
Emma Batha, 5th April 2019

“Brexit will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole – and will hit women harder than men,” said Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group, a feminist think-tank.

Devdiscourse
The gender angle in Brexit saga, safe to murmur, scary to discuss!
5th April 2019

….Women who support Brexit accused them of scaremongering and suggested some of their arguments might verge on sexism, highlighting the bitter split in the country since a referendum in 2016 when Britain voted by a small margin to leave the EU. “Brexit will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole – and will hit women harder than men,” said Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group, a feminist think-tank.