2018 WBG Briefing: Disabled Women and Austerity
Ahead of the 2018 Autumn Budget, we’ve put together a briefing on the impact of austerity on disabled women.
Consultation Response
The WBG has made submitted evidence to the ‘Women’s Human Rights in the Changing World of Work' questionnaire.
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights working group on discrimination against women and girls is seeking evidence on ‘Women’s Human Rights in the Changing World of Work.’ The Women’s Budget Group has made a submission as part of our Commission for a Gender-Equal Economy.
You can read more about the questionnaire here.
You can read our submission here.
Ahead of the 2018 Autumn Budget, we’ve put together a briefing on the impact of austerity on disabled women.
This briefing explains specific challenges the Covid-19 crisis causes for different groups of women in the UK.
Government’s White Paper sets out some positive plans for levelling up but fails to acknowledge that inequality has been exacerbated by austerity.
Lucy Szablewska reflects on her experience at the first ever WBG ECN Annual Conference and on the role of qualitative research to gender budgeting.