Briefing [02/04/1984]
From the collection of
Lydia Oh Lydia
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1991
Briefing [02/04/1984] (Briefing)
In a desert of unemployment, women are hardest hit. But are they fighting against themselves?
Nearly a decade after the Sex Discrimination Act was passed, women were still struggling to secure well-paid, skilled work. Half of women with children had jobs, but for the vast majority it was low-grade factory piece work with no hope of advancement. The marriage bar - a rule which allowed employers to sack any female employee as soon as she married, or refuse employment to any married female applicant - had been lifted incrementally through the 1960s and early 1970s, but its legacy of discrimination lingered.
Emma Nicholson, now Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, was a Conservative member of parliament who switched to the Liberal Democrats and served as an MEP. She returned to the Conservative party in 2016.
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Returning the Gaze
From reproductive rights to unemployment: women tell their own stories in their own way.
At the time these films were made, the vast majority of camera operators, writers and directors were men. For generations, when women's stories were told in film, they were frequently told by men and from the perspective of the male onlooker. In this collection women are given back their voice, and while the subject matter is diverse, the authenticity of the female perspective shines through in every film.
7 videos in this collection
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Lydia Oh Lydia
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Accept Me, I'm Single
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Choices
4
Break Down the Wall
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Trouble and Strife
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Briefing [02/04/1984]
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