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(2021), "Index", Cohen, S. and Page, M. (Ed.) Feminist Activists on Brexit: From the Political to the Personal, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 171-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-420-220210015

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Abortion Act (1967)

, 89

Abortion and gay marriage decriminalised in Northern Ireland

, 53–54, 89, 149

Alliance for Choice

, 89

Alternative futures, 120–121 (see also Utopian/dystopian futures; Prefigurative activism)

Anti-migrant/immigrant (see also racism)

A ‘Stranger in my own country’: Becoming ‘the Other’

, 62–63

Hostile Environment and Hate Crimes

, 8–9, 12, 33, 36–39, 50, 68–70, 116, 118–119, 148, 162, 164

Anti-Semitism, 8, 23, 38, 57n27

Austerity

, 106, 161, 166

BAME/minority women

, 137, 162

communities

, 29, 33–34, 36, 70

UN report on Poverty in UK

, 147–148

women

, 7, 23, 57, 115, 131, 134–135, 137–138, 166

Bank of England

, 134–135

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 52n20

Belfast Feminist Network

, 89

Belonging

, 10–13, 163

‘Biological’ determinism, 109n5

Black Lives Matter, 168 (see also racism)

Brexit, 2–3, 10, 16, 34–38, 61, 103, 107, 114 (see also European Union (EU), Post-Brexit and Resistance)

affective realities

, 120–121

Boris Johnson

, 27, 51, 53, 59, 70, 72, 105–107, 118, 135, 147, 164

Bristol Brexit Response Group

, 33

British feminism, shortcomings of progress narratives exposed

, 121–123

critical Europeanism

, 2, 31

Customs Union

, 29

deadlock Westminster

, 43–44

existential crisis

, 27

gender-proofing–need for

, 8

ideological politics of Brexit reinforced by racism and austerity

, 11

impact on the Equalities Agenda Inquiry

, 111

increasing hostile environment and hate crimes

, 68–70

Jeremy Corbyn

, 27–28

‘Leave’ campaign

, 24, 43, 120, 149

MPs defy party leadership

, 44–46

Remain Campaign

, 7, 14, 24, 26, 43, 47, 90, 94, 116, 118, 120, 164

risk intensifier

, 16, 134–135

turmoil is normalized

, 38

voting demographics

, 33–34

Westminster conflicts: cat and mouse in parliament

, 56

Withdrawal Bill

, 11, 21, 40–44, 51, 55–57, 107, 135, 142, 147

women’s voluntary sector and Brexit

, 111

Bristol One Parent Project

, 37

Bristol Women’s Commission

, 29, 33, 155

Childcare policy

, 133

Chwarae Teg, Wales

, 98

challenges

, 102–104

constitutional questions

, 102

EU funding

, 99–100

uncertainty about future funding

, 100–102

women’s rights and protections

, 98–99

Citizenship, 22, 33, 40, 120 (see also Anti-migrant/immigrant; European Union (EU))

settlement and pre-settlement status

, 61–67

Conservative Party

, 54, 90, 99, 116–117, 128, 132–133, 166

manifesto pledge to review constitution

, 143

Council of Europe

, 145–146, 154–156, 166

Covid-19

, 3, 161, 164–165, 167–168

Democracy (see also Brexit)

defending parliamentary democracy, women’s role in

, 143, 152–153, 156

democratic deficit in UK

, 8, 149

ethnic diversity and structures of power

, 15

feminizing

, 10, 21–59, 141–144

feminizing democracy in devolved government

, 81–105

history of parliamentary democracy in UK

, 143–144

interaction of democracy, politics and law

, 142–144

investment in social infrastructure

, 150–151

municipalization

, 151

parliament prorogued

, 51–52

power grab by executive

, 143

radical democratic reform

, 149–151

redistributive justice

, 166

Scottish independence movement

, 92–94

sustainable economies

, 151

Westminster and devolved nations

, 13–17, 156

women’s leadership

, 16, 143–147, 150–152

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

, 85–86

Engender Scotland

, 91–96

Equality Act (2010)

, 50, 92, 95, 132, 134, 147, 149, 165

‘due regard’ principle

, 99, 147

equality impact assessments (EqIAs)

, 147

Equality and Human Rights Commission

, 92, 149, 153

European Anti-Poverty Network

, 25

European Charter for the Equality of Women and Men in Local Life

, 166

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

, 154, 156

European Court of Justice (ECJ)

, 128, 152, 154, 156

European Institute for Gender Equality

, 88, 95

European Social Fund

, 25

European Sociological Association

, 2, 31

European TUC

, 25

European Union (EU)

, 26, 107

citizenship

, 22, 33, 40, 61–67

Delors period

, 1, 39, 169

European Commission

, 95, 128

funding programmes

, 1–2, 24–25, 85, 92, 96, 98–102

Gender Equality Committee (FEMM)

, 28, 152

hegemonic controls

, 1, 26

progressive internationalism

, 24

Referendum

, 13, 21–27, 84, 141, 144–145, 148–149

Withdrawal Bill

, 21, 40–44, 51, 56–57, 107, 135, 141–142, 147, 164

women’s social initiatives

, 1–2

European Women’s Lobby (EWL)

, 25, 88, 94, 153

#EverydaySexism movement

, 119

Fabian Society

, 24–25

Fair Play South West (FPSW)

, 16, 152

Fawcett Society

, 16, 111, 134, 162

Feminist(s), 10, 162–163 (see also Democracy)

‘Feminist Writing’, The Power of

, 47

activism

, 1, 16–17, 21–59, 155–156, 165–169

attacks on feminism by populist leaders, 9, 9n4

British feminisms and Brexit

, 111–123

fightback, 9n2, 9n3

, 148–150

forging reflective spaces

, 22, 30–32

as identity

, 112

internationalism

, 9, 152–157

mobilising against Brexit in Westminster

, 105–123

in post socialist states

, 9

prefigurative

, 168

resurgence of

, 14, 155

‘For Our Future’s Sake (FFS), 113n13

Gender

budgeting

, 25, 152, 154

division of labour

, 167–168

identity, and sex

, 48, 57

ideology

, 2, 8, 164

mainstreaming

, 2, 8, 51, 92, 152–156

pay gaps

, 128–132

policies addressing inequality in labour market

, 131–134

proofing Brexit

, 8

Gender Equality Duty (GED), 95 (see also Equality Act)

Gender Matters Roadmap

, 96

Gina Miller

, 15, 51, 53, 107, 112–114, 117–120, 122, 142

‘Girly Swots’

, 52–54, 118

Good Friday/Belfast Agreement

, 32–33, 84–90

Homophobic

, 108, 121

Human Rights, Court of

, 154, 156

Human Rights Act, 24, 89n5

, 99, 142, 145–146

Human Rights Consortium Scotland

, 94

Human Rights Convention

, 154

Human Rights NGOs and movements

, 86, 89–90

International Charter of Human Rights

, 166

International Covenant of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

, 94

Intersectional/ality

, 9–10, 96, 109–110, 121–122, 163, 166, 169

Jo Cox, 26–27, 46, 46n12

, 164

Labour Market

Brexit as risk intensifier

, 134–135

horizontal segregation

, 128–131

part-time employment

, 130

part-time workers directive

, 99

policies addressing inequality

, 131–134

vertical segregation

, 128–131

women

, 127–131

Labour Party, 28, 45, 46, 46n12

, 56–57

Lesbian

, 46, 48, 51, 106

Lexiteer

, 26, 36

LGBT

, 9, 31, 42

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)

, 25, 101

Lyra McKee, 46, 46n10, 46n11

Masculinist political cultures

, 99, 110, 114, 117–118, 121, 156, 157

Maya Angelou

, 112

#MeToo movement

, 119

Mental health, 67, 118 (see also Affective realities)

Methodology

, 10

action inquiry

, 11

auto-ethnography

, 10, 11

‘Café society’ discussions

, 2–3

collaborative equalities practice

, 1, 22

collaborative writing

, 141, 156–157

embodied experience and activism

, 10, 58

feminist

, 108–110

feminist intersectional

, 109

forging spaces for transnational activism

, 1, 22

haiku

, 77–79

marginality

, 110

reflective journal

, 11, 21, 22–58, 105–108

Misogyny

, 48, 53–54, 118–119, 121, 142, 144, 147, 156–157, 164

sexist language and abuse in parliament

, 144

sexual violence, rise of and protest movements, 8, 9, 9n2, 9n5

, 165–166, 168

Momentum

, 24

Mutual Aid

, 12, 72–73, 169

National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG)

, 96

National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO)

, 96

Northern Ireland Assembly

, 14, 85–86, 88–89

Northern Ireland border

, 83–87

Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network (NIRWN)

, 87

Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group

, 88

Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform (NIWEP)

, 96

Offences against the Person Act (1861)

, 88

Organic solidarity

, 167–169

‘Othering’

, 11, 13, 22, 40, 57, 58, 62–63

Our Future Our Choice (OFOC), 113n13

Patriarchy

, 121, 142

absence of women’s perspectives and voices

, 111, 142

rise of religious right wing patriarchal force

, 2, 164

Petition of concern

, 89

Political discourse

, 144

Durkheim

, 168

liberal and social democratic

, 167

neo liberal

, 2, 151, 161, 165–167

nostalgia for colonial past

, 144

role of social media

, 145

Populism

, 8–9, 16, 144–146

anti-gender movement

, 31

definition of

, 145

feminism and anti-migrant policy

, 144, 148

feminist fight back

, 148–150

grass roots movements

, 164–5

leaders

, 146–148

right wing populist parties

, 148

roll back of women’s equality rights

, 146–148

subverting

, 163–165

women’s reproductive rights and sexuality a target

, 164

Post-Brexit

atmosphere

, 13, 16

channels of transnational influencing

, 152–156

economic and political impact

, 26, 29, 111, 127–136

impact on women of colour

, 128

trade deals

, 91–92, 128

Prefigurative activism

, 168

Pregnant Worker’s Directive

, 99

Productive Margins Programme

, 30

Progressive internationalism

, 24

Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)

, 95, 147

Racism (see also Anti-migrant/immigrant)

anti-racism

, 1, 2, 15, 113, 163–165, 169

Brexit legitimization of

, 28–30, 35, 37, 62, 68–69, 118, 124

hegemony of whiteness

, 109

rhetoric

, 8, 12, 117

Reclaim the Agenda

, 89

Refugee Women of Bristol

, 33, 67, 71, 163

Reproductive labour

, 168

Reproductive rights

, 88, 164, 166, 168

Resistance

affect and emotion

, 118, 120–121

black and minority ethnic women

, 118–119, 164

constraints on women’s voluntary sector

, 111

“countering prejudice with sticks in the spokes”

, 77–82

creating radical grassroots bridges

, 70–73

cross-border alliances

, 167

demonstrations and vases

, 42–43

difficulty of involving women in Brexit campaigns

, 118–120

dream of edges

, 41–42

elusive hopes

, 54–58

forging reflective spaces

, 30–32

grass roots movements

, 150

heterogeneous women’s movements

, 163–165

hope sustained in times of chaos

, 50–51

personal and political

, 21–40, 74, 107

poetry, song and art

, 13, 35, 77–79

radical internationalism

, 62

reclaim political agency

, 107

shared spaces for activism

, 49, 50, 58

spaces for feminist voices

, 11, 47–49

struggling activism

, 22–38

women’s motivations for

, 113–114

working spaces of power

, 165–167

Rooted cosmopolitanism

, 31, 163

Scottish Independence referendum

, 93–94

Scottish Parliament

, 92–95

Single Parent Action Network (SPAN)

, 12, 30, 61–62, 65–66, 71, 74, 163

Social Investment Fund (SIF)

, 23

Social media

, 119

in Brexit campaign

, 8, 149, 161

Cadwalldr, C., Facebook’s role in Brexit

, 149

Social Partnership Bill

, 103

Stella Creasy, 8, 53–54n24, 89 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill, 54n24

, 143

Swiss People’s Party (SVP)

, 148

Switzerland Operation Libero

, 148

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

, 24, 26

UK Joint Committee on Women

, 94, 96

UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)

, 100

UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

, 94–96

in Scotland

, 152, 167

UN Global Platform for Action

, 52

Utopian/dystopian futures

, 168–169

Violence against women

, 8, 9, 46, 105, 118–119, 162, 164–165, 168

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Act (Wales Act)

, 99

Wales European Funding Office (WEFO)

, 101

WASPI women, 15n9, 78n1

Well-being

, 162, 167–168

Well-being of Future Generations Act (Wales Act)

, 99

Welsh Specific Equality Duties

, 103

Women and Equalities Select Committee

, 111, 132

‘Women for Independence/Independence for Women’

, 93

Women for a People’s Vote

, 108–109, 111, 116

Women for Europe

, 112, 114

Women TalkBack

, 47

Women (s) (see also Feminist(s), Democracy, Brexit)

as ‘other’

, 7–8, 11, 22–23, 111

for a People’s Vote

, 108–109, 116

Committee in European Parliament, FEMM

, 25

democratic engagement

, 165

employment

, 15–16, 128–131

Equality Party (WEP)

, 127

leadership

, 152, 156–157, 166

Liberation Movement

, 168

Mary Follett

, 150

movements

, 12, 83

programmes, EU

, 98–100

rights and protections, EU

, 98–99

subjectivities

, 110, 119, 163

transformative leadership

, 146, 150–152, 156–157, 166

voices, absence of

, 7, 14, 22, 43, 116, 120, 127, 142, 155, 164

Women’s Budget Group (WBG)

, 7, 23, 24–25, 108–109, 111, 122, 127–128, 134–136

Women’s Budget Group Northern Ireland

, 84–90

Women’s Equality Network Wales (WEN Wales)

, 96, 102

Women’s Equality Party

, 30–31, 127

Women’s Inclusive Democracy in Europe Network (WIDEN)

, 2–3

Women’s National Commission

, 122, 143

Women’s Sex based rights

, 9, 47–49, 57, 165

Women’s Strike

, 12, 37, 72–73