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This article explores the controversial ‘Marriage Bar’ policy adopted by various companies and the government in 20th century Britain. One of the more obscure policies in the past, it affected a lot of women, suppressing talent, ability and innovation. The contrast between today, where marriage discrimination is illegal under the Equality Act 2010, is stark.
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It is 8th March 2019, I am 20 years old and I scroll through the Instagram hashtag for Aurat March (translation: Women's March), looking at the pictures various people have posted of themselves with their posters, wishing I was one of them but knowing that is unlikely because I am a Pakistani young woman whose 'open-minded' Pakistani parents do not agree with its ideology.
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