CEDAWINlaw conference motion not debated at 2024 Autumn Conference
The motion is reproduced below. Conference seemed to spend a lot of time on GPEW business this year which sadly prevented members discussing all the motions they wanted to hear about and vote on.
Motion E19: 50s Women CEDAWinLAW campaign:
“For the Green Party as a whole and our four newly elected MPs to support and pressurise the new Labour Government to rectify this historical wrong as a moral imperative and finally get these women the justice they deserve.
Conference calls upon the Green Party of England and Wales and our Members of Parliament to:
- Write to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to commit to the ADR with CEDAWinLAW representatives forthwith, stating our Party and Parliamentary support for the “The50s Women CEDAWinLAW Campaign” and CEDAW GR40 recommendation
- Write to the Prime Minister for this purpose
- Forward an Early Day Motion for this purpose, as necessary”
Write to your MP
As part of our support for the #50sWomen CEDAWinLAW campaign we are calling on all of our members to write to their MPs asking them to join the Cross Party Alternative Dispute Resolution Group for 50sWomen.
A template for doing this is provided below in Word format, or you can copy and paste from the template below into your preferred software.
If you are yourself one of the 50sWomen, you may wish to also add additional information about your own experience of the State Pension Injustice you have suffered and any evidence.
If you are not sure who your MP or how to contact them by visit www.parliament.uk or you can use WriteToThem, an online service that makes it easy to write to the politicians who represent you – even if you don’t know who they are.
Write to your MP – 50sWomen Template
Dear [Insert MP’s NAME],
Re. Compensating 50sWomen affected by State Pension age changes
Congratulations on your recent victory at the election.
I’m contacting you as a [Insert CONSTITUENCY name ] Resident to ask if you will pledge your support for Settlement-Talks for ALL #50sWomen detrimentally financially affected by State Pension age issues.
I support 50sWomen and would like you to join the Cross Party Alternative Dispute Resolution Group started by Sir George Howarth (previously Knowsley Constituency MP).
Will you do this please to represent me as my MP?
Any Settlement based on the PHSO Ombudsman’s Report alone will NOT represent Justice as he did not investigate discrimination.
50sWomen’s enforceable rights have been breached and restitution must be made.
Just under 4 million 50sWomen born in the 1950s were affected when successive governments failed to notify them of State Pension age changes. Some 50sWomen have been forced to sell their homes and rely on foodbanks as a result, and currently one 50s woman is dying every 13 minutes, without ever receiving any compensation.
50sWomen have been impacted and affected by many different factors including:
- Gender PayGap
- Gender PensionGap
- Lack of Equity
- Lack of Equality
- Proven Indirect & Direct Discrimination
See: https://davidhencke.com/…/direct-discrimination-former…/ for breaches of UK and International Law.
50sWomen and I am watching and waiting for the Government and the Work and Pensions Secretary to act promptly to set up Settlement-Talks.
With one affected woman dying every 13 minutes, they simply cannot afford to wait any longer for justice. Would you please write to the new Secretary of State on my behalf and commit to raising this in the Commons?
I would be grateful if you could reply to me very soon and as a matter of greatest urgency. Yours sincerely,
[Please include your full name, full address and Postcode and a contact telephone number to show you are a constituent]