See the latest update no 37 from the CEDAWinLaw crowdjustice fundraiser on the link below or on the CEDAWinLAW Facebook page:
CEDAWinLAW crowdjustice update 37
Our legal team EDWIN COE LLP awaits an overdue response from the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions to its invitation to join mediation with CEDAWinLAW and is instructed accordingly to represent us in matters therein
The update outlines all "Matters in Hand" including details of our proposed remedy for the injustice done to 50swomen
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Dr Jocelynne Scutt explains why mediation is the only route to real justice
1950s born women were directly targeted to bear the brunt of the changes in State Pension Age, and have suffered discrimination on grounds of both sex and age and in some cases marital status.
"A breach of International Law CEDAW cannot be ignored by either the Courts or by the government"
"This is a debt of both law and honour"
"50sWomen are entitled to far more than minor compensation based in some notion of delay" (in notification)
"The right outcome and the achievement of justice is not located only in the delay and maladministration proposition"
"The law is on the side of 50sWomen"
Statement on The Law and the Chancellor:
Dr Scutt has also written a Statement, outlining that it is concerning that the Chancellor is misinformed as to the legal position vis-a-vis 1950s women and the DWP in the implementation of the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2007.
The full text can be viewed at:
or in this tweet:
Latest article by Investigative Journalist David Hencke:
"What is becoming clear to exasperated MPs whether on the Commons Work and Pensions Committee or the Public Administration and Constitution Affairs Committee is that the government have no intention of naming a date when they will reply. And the government know they do not have to implement the Ombudsman’s paltry findings because the law allows them to ignore or reject any recommendation from the Ombudsman"
"What is also missing is a more rounded debate. It is centred – no doubt by Higginson Strategy, lobbyists for WASPI, solely on the demands of WASPI which seems content to accept the Ombudsman’s recommended findings"
"CEDAWinLAW has asked the UN CEDAW committee in Geneva to open an inquiry into the government’s handling of this. If they do the Government will face international criticism and the UK’s reputation for fairness and treatment of women in society will be further damaged"
Work and Pensions Select Committee meeting of 22nd May 24 with the Secretary of State and the Permanent Secretary for Dept of Work and Pensions
Work and Pensions Select Committee Meeting
The section regarding 50sWomen begins about 20 minutes from the end, but offers little encouragement to 50sWomen of any prompt resolution on the matter of compensation for maladministration
CALL TO ACTION:
You can help by writing to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to ask him to respond to the letter of invitation to mediation sent by CEDAWinLAW's legal team, and by asking your MP to also support this call and/or to sign Early Day Motion 243
Please sign and share this petition widely amongst your networks
In the meantime, two other petitions that, if successful, would assist many struggling 50sWomen would benefit from your signature:
Increase Tax Threshold and State Pension for Pensioners to Living Wage Amount
Equal access to dental care for all
Thank you for your valued support!