Media Round-Up: March 2021

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• Big Issue – This Budget does nothing to help women at the sharp end of the pandemic
• Huffington Post – Women Have Been Hit Harder By Covid. Now This Budget Forgets Them Altogether
• The Guardian – ‘Mothers are livid. We’ve had enough!’ The pregnant women being forced out of the workplace 
• Open Democracy – Rishi Sunak said he’d protect the vulnerable. So why is he making them pay?
• The Independent – Budget 2021: Why it is more important for women than ever – what it got right and what it missed
• The Independent – Why is furlough being extended until September?
• Stylist – “Our voices aren’t being heard”: why we need a pandemic exit strategy that works for all women
• The Independent- The pandemic of inequality: How coronavirus is settling women’s rights back decades
• iNews – Budget 2021: £19m support for domestic violence victims announced by Rishi Sunak
• The Guide Liverpool – The Women’s Organisation is urging the government to give more financial business support to women
• Holyrood – Women’s work and the impact of the pandemic
• Kilburn Times – Week of virtual events in Brent to mark International Women’s Day
• Daily Record – A year of coronavirus pandemic has been a catastrophe for gender equality
• Guardian- International Women’s Day: experts discuss Covid’s impact on gender equality
• iNews – International Women’s Day: From salaries to mental health, the price women have paid in the pandemic
• Independent- Women disproportionately suffering under furlough, study finds
• Global Citizen- 5 women fighting for equality for black mums in Britain, to celebrate this Mother’s Day
• ITV- Exclusive research for ITV News finds women are bearing the brunt of lockdown financially and emotionally
• Government Executive- The pandemic has made women angry
• BBC- I’m being financially punished because i’m in a relationship
• The HR Director- Women are falling foul of business reporting complacency