What does Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal mean for women?
The WBG analyses Boris Johnson's text of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and the accompanying impact assessment in brief as to what this means for women
Report
Our 2018 report with Fawcett Society and the #FaceHerFuture campaign reveals damaging economic impact of Brexit on women.
The first independent report looking at the economic impact of Brexit on women has today been published by the Women’s Budget Group and the Fawcett Society. The report shows the economic impact of Brexit will hit women hard, leading to lost jobs, cuts to services and a squeeze on family budgets.
Economists predict UK GDP will be between 1.5% and 3.5% lower if we stay in the Single Market and Customs Union and up to 9.5% lower as a result of a no-deal ‘hard Brexit. This new report examines for the first time what this fall in GDP will mean for women.
The report also warns that a poor deal with the EU would put the UK in a weaker position to resist pressure from other countries for trade deals that would damage women’s rights at work, adversely impact them as consumers or undermining the quality of public services including:
The WBG analyses Boris Johnson's text of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and the accompanying impact assessment in brief as to what this means for women
Urgency to extend the negotiation period and develop deliberative mechanisms to engage diverse voices prior to the Article 50 deadline.
Blog post by Jessica Brown on our ECN 'Women and the Economy' blog series.
Submission to the Department for International Trade (October 2018)