Some on the right never cease their puerile tittering over Mayor Johnson's dismantling of the GLA Women's Unit, his ending of the annual Capital Woman conference and so on. Yet those rejoicing that feminist ideas have been purged from City Hall aren't seeing the full picture.
Last week (and maybe still) the lobby area around the debating chamber was graced by the Imperial College Union's 100 Women, 100 Visions exhibition, which celebrating women's progress in the sciences. It was one way in which the GLA marked International Women's Day (you can see the exhibition online via here). And though not everyone agrees with Boris's recent initiative on prostitution, at least he's not ignoring violence against women.
The Mayor addresses these theme in distinctive ways. Which leads me my to my latest for Comment is Free. It begins:
Boris Johnson and women. I know what you're thinking. I'm thinking it too. I'm not going to mention it, though. Instead, I'm going to alert you to the two cheers he received from the power behind Boris Keep Your Promise, the vigorous campaign to ensure that the London mayor honours a headline crime manifesto pledge to: "Help the ignored victims of sexual violence by providing desperately needed long-term funding for new Rape Crisis Centres to help the ignored victims of sexual violence – a horrendous crime that is on the increase."
Read the rest here.
