Untold Realities: Not Fit But Fit To Work

A poet from Thriving Women uses defiant words to challenge the failure of the “Fit to Work” system.

We saw you coming in
Walking like everyone does
Now let’ s get you back to work.
Hang on, wait, I need to tell you…
There’s work out there
For people like you,
If you just…
Can I get a word in please? I can’t…
Our assessments are thorough
We know what you’re capable of
You’re a woman who CAN!

This piece is part of the Untold Realities of Poverty in the UK which is a key tool within our campaign “Poverty Is a Human Rights Issue”. The campaign aims to:  

• raise awareness that poverty exists in the UK and that it is caused by political decisions;  

• enable communities to understand the potential power of human rights in our lives;  

• demonstrate how policy choices impact lives and that implementing human rights offers a solution;  

• show the world the positive contributions being made by people in poverty