Scrap women's strike (4)
I believe the answer is:
whit
'scrap' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'women's strike' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'strike' becomes 'hit' ('hit' can be a synonym of 'strike'**).
'w'+'hit'='WHIT'
(Other definitions for whit that I've seen before include "Very small amount" , "Scarcely detectable amount" , "Pentecost (abbrev.)" , "Tiny amount; a church Sunday" , "Modicum" .)