Work in Progress

After a longer than expected hiatus, work is now underway on creating a brand new website for Julie which we hope to have up and running by mid September. We welcome your thoughts and suggestions of what you would like to see on the new website and your comments will be gratefully received.

There will be a blog update in the near future regarding the consultation on the Priorities for the Ministers for Women. Thank you for your continuing patience while normal service is restored.

Contacting Julie

Julie welcomes contact with her constituents via this blog (please note that comments are public), telephone, email and post and is happy to respond to your enquiries and assist with any difficulties you are having - contact details are to the right of this page.

Comments

[theoretician]

A priority for the minister for women should be to stop workplace bullying, particularly of women, usually by their managers. Unfortuntely many employers feel they sould support their manager rather than the victim of bullying. Women surviviors of domestic violence who often suffer from PTSD and anxiety attacks are particularly vunerable and the effects of bullying which are serious and long term and can lead to attemped suicide and depression. Even employers who claim to be 'expert' or champions of womens rights can be mislead by a bullying manager.
The next priority should be to recognise the skills and experience of older women and give them the same opportunities as for example they would give to a young male graduate and not just give them a post at the bottom of the hierarchy as dogsbody with no opportunity for advancement. Some employers have trouble recognising that older women can be skilled at using a computer, set up websites etc. Thirdly, all jobs should be advertised so that everyone can have the opportunity to apply. Patronage tends to be dealt out in a bias fashion. We could for example have the Mrs Robinson sydrome!