Gender and the ‘Green New Deal’

What does it mean to pay attention to inequalities of gender, race, disability and class when we think about transitioning to a green economy? This briefing sets out recommendations for a Green New Deal which puts inter sectional gender equality front and centre.

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Watch the authors discuss their paper here

Though popular and crucial, Green New Deal frameworks do not typically foreground inequalities of gender, race and class.  A new paper from the UK Women’s Budget Group and the WEN (Women’s Environmental Network) seeks to begin filling this gap by asking, what would a Feminist Green New Deal look like?

This briefing is a summary of a paper authored by Sherilyn MacGregor and Maeve Cohen for the UK Women’s Budget Group’s Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy.

You can watch the authors in discussion with WEN and Women’s Budget Group on why we must expand our ideas around a Green New Deal if we want to create a gender- equal economy.