Latest data on Covid- 19: 19th May 2020
Latest data on Covid-19, including on new claims to Universal Credit, support for workers, and Covid related deaths.
Open Letter
Joint letter in response to Pandemic policies- Women and girls in all their diversity must be seen, have their voices heard and their needs met.
“The Coronavirus pandemic is exceptionally difficult for everyone and is having a huge impact on all our lives. So far, women and girls in the UK have been largely invisible from the debate and excluded from decision-making. Now schools and nurseries have closed their doors it will be women who take on most of the unpaid care work, reducing their hours or giving up paid work, turning the clock back on gender equality. Many women are on the frontline, delivering essential services, usually the lowest paid or in insecure work. Many women will be trapped in their homes, self-isolating with an abusive partner. It’s women who are also more likely to care for older or disabled relatives and neighbours. Yet hundreds of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money is being spent without considering the specific challenges women are facing. Women and girls in all their diversity must be seen, have their voices heard and their needs met.”
Latest data on Covid-19, including on new claims to Universal Credit, support for workers, and Covid related deaths.
WBG Director, Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson calls for urgent, sustainable social care reform to address long-standing neglect and gender inequality.
The Women’s Budget Group has submitted written evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on the Economic Impact of Coronavirus.
This briefing sets out concerns for different groups of women in the wake of the Chancellors furlough scheme, making mitigation recommendations.