An honour for one of our patrons, Erin Pizzey.
Congratulations and our pleasure at the award of a CBE. In the complex hierarchy, one step down from a knighthood.
Far, far below what we think she should be entitled to. A Nobel Prize perhaps.
She started the first women’s refuge in Chiswick, London in 1971 and it became a world-wide movement. For her, then and still, protecting adults and children from domestic violence and abuse was a human rights issue affecting both women and men. When her movement was taken over by people who considered it only affected women, (or it only mattered if the victims were female), she was expelled, vilified and persecuted. She has been portrayed as a ‘Men’s Rights’ campaigner. Not so and neither of course are we. Decisions, especially about child welfare, should be based on the parenting qualities of individuals, not based on XX good XY bad.
Please look at her Wikipedia entry (LINK) and Erin in her own words (LINK)
FNF is delighted at her honour. And are honoured to have her associated with us. The award has attracted no publicity. The power, we suspect, of the sexist or reverse-sexist lobby who want no recognition of her work and stance.
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