Author: WBG Filter by -- All Categories -- AnalysisBlogEventsFGND BlogNewsRecruitmentResources -- All Topics -- is_archive Sort by Most Recent Oldest First A-Z Z-A Past Events Open Letters Making our tax system more fair and efficient at the Autumn Statement – Open Letter Open Letters Reinstate the Access to Elected Office Fund – Open Letter News Media Round-Up: November 2023 Press Releases Tax giveaways will benefit men more than women, say WBG UK Policy Briefings Autumn Statement 2023: Social Security and Gender A pre-budget briefing from the Women's Budget Group Blog Tax cuts are bad news for women A blog by Susan Himmelweit, emeritus professor of economics at the Open University and Chair of WBG's Policy Advisory Group Press Releases Using today’s inflation rate for benefit rise would cost single mothers £218 a year says Women’s Budget Group UK Policy Briefings Autumn Statement 2023: Taxation and Gender A pre-budget briefing from the Women's Budget Group Press Releases King’s speech fails to address ongoing cost of living crisis Press Releases New report by the Early Education and Childcare Coalition ‘Retention and return: Delivering the expansion of early years entitlement in England’ Open Letters An Open Statement from We Are the Economy News Media Round-Up: October 2023 UK Policy Briefings Not your average voter? How women will shape the general election Press Releases With 25% of women currently undecided, women’s votes will swing the next general election News Media Round-Up: September 2023 Recruitment We are looking for a Policy Engagement Officer! Recruitment We are looking for a Digital Communications Officer! Press Releases Gender wealth gap soars to 42% by age 64 with staggering 177% disparity in shares and severe long-term economic impact on women, warns Women’s Budget Group Reports Why taxation of wealth is a feminist issue: A gendered analysis of wealth in Great Britain A report by the Women's Budget Group Open Letters Chwarae Teg Closure – Statement from the 4 Nations WBGs Press Releases We need a feminist approach to tackling inflation WBG’s response to the Bank of England’s interest rate announcement UK Policy Briefings Gender and Monetary Policy A briefing from the Women’s Budget Group Press Releases Women’s Budget Group Response to Prime Minister Changing of Green Policies Blog Are Other Nations Outpacing the UK in Childcare? A blog by Ebyan Abdirahman, Research and Policy Officer at the Women's Budget Group Press Releases WBG says UK Government lags behind OECD peers’ ambitions for early education and childcare Press Releases Early Education and Childcare Coalition: 42% of Britons say early years reform will influence their vote at the next general election Open Letters Joint letter to Information Commissioner on Treasury Transparency UK Policy Briefings Early Education and Childcare in the UK and Beyond: Key Challenges and Lessons A two-part briefing from the Women’s Budget Group exploring key challenges facing the UK’s early education and childcare alongside lessons from international examples, with a summary of both Events 10.10.2023 Party Conference fringe events: Not your average voter? How women will shape the next general election News Media Round-Up: August 2023 Reports The Census and Feminism: How Census 2021 Data Benefits Feminist Analysis and Activism A joint report by the Women's Budget Group and the Global Institute for Women's Leadership UK Policy Briefings A feminist approach to macroeconomics Briefing from the Women’s Budget Group Press Releases WBG says funding childcare and early years is vital to economic growth, but can only be achieved with adequate support for those on low incomes Open Letters Government “must go further” on flexible working rights Open Letters Together Against Charging: Trade Union and Migrant Org Statement Blog Bridging the Gender Data Gap Reflections from Ilaria Esposito who attended WBG's Census Day Event Blog Women’s Budget Groups in Glasgow Reflections of each of the Women’s Budget Groups, as well as an overview of what was highlighted in our cross-nation state of play discussions. UK Policy Briefings The two-child limit to means tested benefits Briefing from the Women’s Budget Group News Media Round-Up: July 2023 Reports Gender Gaps in Access to Civil Legal Justice A survey of support services in England and Wales Press Releases Gender Gaps in Access to Civil Legal Justice: New Report Reveals Alarming Disadvantages Faced by Women Open Letters Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch: Reconsider Announcements on Parental Leave Press Releases Women’s Budget Group says Labour should promote investment in the early years Open Letters Joint statement on ‘The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses?’ UK Policy Briefings Cost Of Living Briefing Series News Media Round-Up: June 2023 Press Releases Equality rights groups call for Treasury transparency Blog Unleashing the Power of Census Data Reflections from Erin Parker Leonard who attended WBG's Census Day Event Toolkits How to use Census 2021 data UK Policy Briefings Why Wealth Tax is a Feminist Issue Press Releases WBG urges the Labour Party not to lose ambition on childcare Consultation Responses WBG Submission to the Financial Resilience APPG June 2023 Press Releases WBG says we should develop a National Care Service we can be as proud of as we are the NHS Press Releases WBG welcomes funding boost for childcare in Universal Credit but it remains insufficient to meet actual cost of childcare today News Media Round-Up: May 2023 News Media Round-Up: April 2023 Consultation Responses WBG Submission to the Low Pay Commission May 2023 Press Releases Breaking Down the Census: Feminist Organisations join forces to bring raw data to life and move one step closer to bridging the Gender Data Gap Events How the census can help bridge the gender data gap Open Letters Lord Callanan: Continued Retained EU Law Bill uncertainty leaves parents, carers and employers in limbo Open Letters Consensus statement on a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England Open Letters Rishi Sunak: ‘listen to common sense’ and scrap plans for asylum camps on military bases and barges Open Letters Letter to Political Party Leaders: When people are going without, it’s time to guarantee #OurEssentials. Consultation Responses WBG Submission to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry 2022 News Media Round-Up: February 2023 Consultation Responses Department for Education: Response to Proposed Childcare Ratios Change (Sept 2022) Consultation Responses Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Submission to Net Zero review (Oct 2022) Press Releases £88.7bn per year: the cost of barriers to paid work for women Consultation Responses WBG Submission to Labour National Policy Forum Consultation 2023 UK Budget Assessments Women’s Budget Group full response to the Spring Budget 2023 Events Second Annual Conference of the 4 Nations: Women and the Cost-of-living Crisis across the UK UK Budget Assessments WBG finds Government funding for early education and childcare falls short by £5.2bn Press Releases WBG’s response to the Spring Statement 2023 News Media Round-Up: March 2023 Press Releases The Chancellor must invest £1.82bn in childcare to help families with the cost-of-living crisis UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Gender and Early Education and Childcare UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Women and employment UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Local government and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Social care and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Social security and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Health inequalities and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2023: Taxation and gender Press Releases Women’s Budget Group says underfunded expansion could be a fatal blow to the early years News Media Round-Up: January 2023 Consultation Responses WBG Budget Representation 2023 News Media Round-Up: December 2022 Consultation Responses Inquiry on support for childcare and the early years: Submission to the Education Select Committee Blog Focusing on Care can address both the Climate and the Cost-of-living Crises Blog Gender-Responsive Public Policy at the Municipal Level: Municipal Officials in Athens & Karditsa Blog Austerity is Gender-based Violence Press Releases Childcare is Infrastructure: Amendment to the Levelling Up Bill Blog Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls UK Policy Briefings The Gendered Impact Of The Cost-of-Living Crisis on Public Services UK Budget Assessments Misguided plans for Austerity 2.0 – WBG response to Autumn Statement 2022 Open Letters Grant Shapps: Deliver on the government’s commitment to remove the ‘Family Worker Exemption’ from National Minimum Wage regulations, as a matter of urgency News Media Round-Up: November 2022 News Media Round-Up: October 2022 Open Letters Jeremy Hunt: Challenges faced by parents and childcare sector due to fiscal plans Press Releases WBG’s response to the Autumn Statement 2022: The budget means real terms cuts to public services that will hurt people and the economy Press Releases WBG warns against austerity 2.0, a triple whammy for women UK Policy Briefings A Green and Caring Economy Press Releases A Green and Caring Economy: a feminist vision for tackling the climate crisis and transforming the economy Events Launch event: A Green And Caring Economy Open Letters Jeremy Hunt: Supporting families by uprating benefits in line with inflation UK Policy Briefings Macrofinancial policies for a green and caring economy UK Budget Assessments WBG’s response to the Chancellor’s statement 17 Oct 2022 Blog Join our team! Head of Global Partnerships and Learning Blog Join our team! Communications Officer Press Releases WBG analysis finds cuts to benefits would drive over 100,000 lone parents and 200,000 children into poverty UK Policy Briefings Who loses from benefit uprating changes? A gendered analysis UK Budget Assessments An Inequality Budget Unfit for a Cost-of-Living Crisis Press Releases WBG’s response to Labour’s childcare announcement News Media Round-Up: August 2022 Press Releases WBG’s response to the mini-budget announcement on 23 September 2022 Press Releases The energy cap freeze is welcome but there is a long way to go Press Releases A one-off energy cap is not enough Press Releases Women at high risk of job loss as fuel crisis hits small businesses UK Policy Briefings The Cost Crisis: a Gendered Analysis Open Letters Rising energy prices is a “national emergency” and more support needed to tackle gravest issue UK faces, say charities Events 13.09.2022 Caregiving dads, breadwinning mums News Media Round-Up: July 2022 Consultation Responses Inquiry on Post-Pandemic Economic Growth: UK Labour Market Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Events 21.07.2022 The Cost of Living Crisis – Who Is Being Hit Hardest? UK Policy Briefings Sustainable lifestyle changes for a green and caring economy News Media Round-Up: June 2022 Press Releases WBG’s response to the Government’s consultation on childcare ratios UK Policy Briefings Trade and Health: a Gendered Analysis UK Policy Briefings The Income Crisis: a Gendered Analysis Events 29.06.2022 Trade and Health through a feminist lens Blog The WTO’s Gendered Comeback: Gender Concerns at the 12th Ministerial Conference News Media Round-Up: May 2022 News Media Round-Up: April 2022 Press Releases WBG’s response to the Chancellor’s cost-of-living support package UK Policy Briefings Managing Risk Through Security: Social security’s contribution to tackling climate change and gender inequality UK Policy Briefings Labour Market Changes for a Green and Caring Economy Events 23.05.2022 Protecting Women’s Incomes with a Green, Caring Economy Press Releases WBG’s response to the Queen’s Speech 2022 Press Releases Women’s Budget Group supports the call for an Emergency Budget UK Budget Assessments WBG Full Response to the Spring Statement 2022 UK Budget Assessments The gendered impact on incomes of two measures to tackle cost-of-living crisis Press Releases WBG Response to the Spring Statement 2022 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Local government and gender UK Policy Briefings The gendered impact of the cost-of-living crisis UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022 Pre-Budget Briefings News Media Round-Up: March 2022 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Social security and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Social care and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Women and employment UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Housing and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Health inequalities and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Economic challenges for single mothers UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Childcare and gender News Media Round-Up: February 2022 Press Releases Give 1.9 million more people access to social care and create one million more jobs with a new universal social care service Reports Universal quality social care: transforming adult social care in England Press Releases A shorter working week could help to close the gender pay gap Blog Gender inequality and invisible work in the platform economy Reports A shorter working week as part of a green caring economy Press Releases UK WBG response to the Levelling-Up White Paper Events 22.02.2022 Universal Quality Social Care: Transforming adult social care in England Events 08.02.2022 A shorter working week as part of green caring economy Press Releases UK WBG response to calls from Cabinet to delay NIC increase News Media Round-Up: January 2022 Events 20.01.2022 Gender-responsive budgeting: what it is and how to do it News Archive Media Round-Up: December 2021 News Archive Media Round-Up: November 2021 Consultation Responses Built Environment Committee: Meeting the UK’s Housing Demands Consultation Responses Treasury Committee: Inquiry on an Equal Recovery Consultation Responses Justice Committee: Inquiry on Women in Prison Consultation Responses Treasury Committee: Inquiry on Jobs, growth, and productivity after coronavirus Press Releases The Government’s Social Care White Paper: ‘a good vision without a meaningful strategy for delivery’ Blog The Reclaim Report: An Analysis of UK universities’ sexual misconduct policies Blog Demanding Change: The Rise of Working Mothers in the Mid-Century United States Consultation Responses APPG on Poverty: Response to inquiry on in-work poverty UK Budget Assessments Gender Analysis of the Cumulative Distributional Impact of 2022 Tax and Benefit Changes and Inflation Blog Childcare concerns us all Blog Levelling up and the gender gap Events 24.11.2021 Getting to Grips with the Gender Pay Gap: LDP Briefing Series UK Policy Briefings A feminist analysis of Sheffield’s plans to build back better News Archive Media Round-Up: October 2021 Open Letters Joint letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak on childcare and investment in early-years UK Policy Briefings Briefing Note: A Spending Review for a Green and Care-led Recovery UK Budget Assessments A lack of ambition: our response to the Autumn 2021 Budget and Spending Review Events 16.11.2021 Building Better Social Care Events 08.11.2021 Gender Equalities at Work – Learning Lessons from the Past for the Present Blog Why Women Are Poorer Than Men by Annabelle Williams – Book Review Press Releases WBG Response to 2021 Spending Review and Autumn Budget: Papering over the cracks rather than the transformative rebuilding needed UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Economic challenges for single mothers Blog Gender Pay Gap in the UK: 2021 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Maternity, paternity and parental leave UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Social care, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Women and employment in the recovery from Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021 Pre-Budget Briefings UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Childcare, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Violence against women and girls UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Health inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Pensions and gender UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Housing UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2021: Social security and gender Blog Tax wealth and profit income to fund social care and healthcare UK Budget Assessments Comprehensive Spending Review 2021: A Joint Representation from the UK Women’s Budget Group Events 29.09.2021 Gender Responsive Budgeting: An International and Local Lens UK Policy Briefings Revitalising Local Communities Events 04.11.2021 Why do we need a feminist approach to tackling the climate crisis? Events 07.10.2021 Revitalising local communities across the UK – for people and planet Blog Social Reproduction Theory and the Socialist Horizon: Work, Power and Political Strategy – Book Review Blog Why doesn’t English Devolution deliver for Women? One Day it might….. Written by: Dr. Fiona Armstrong Gibbs News Archive Media Round-Up: September 2021 News Archive Media Round-Up: August 2021 UK Policy Briefings Calculating the cost of a high quality, free universal childcare system Blog As working patterns change is it time to rethink public transport priorities? This blog is by Anna Johnston, Research and Policy Officer at the Women’s Budget Group. Blog The climate emergency is here: We must make our housing policy greener too Greenhouse gas emissions for housing contribute 22 per cent of the UK’s carbon footprint. It’s time our housing policy recognised this, says Anna Johnston from the Women’s Budget Group. UK Policy Briefings Government’s announced plan will not “fix social care once and for all” – we need a free universal social care system Blog An Invisible and Vulnerable Sector: Early Years Childcare and Covid Reports Mega survey of UK parents shows that childcare is failing families Blog Looking for a feminist perspective in the economics curriculum Press Releases WBG are delighted to announce funding from Comic Relief’s new Change Makers initiative. Events 29.09.2021 Women’s Budget Group AGM 2021 Press Releases WBG media statement for Government social care announcement Press Releases Government plan to remove the £20 uplift to Universal Credit is out of step with young Conservative voters UK Policy Briefings Post-pandemic aspirations: Young people call on the government to invest to secure a better future Reports The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on young women on low incomes Blog End of the Ideal Worker? Written by Caroline Waterworth UK Policy Briefings Rethinking Housing Supply and Design Blog To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe edited by Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca Sobande – Book Review UK Policy Briefings How has the risk of precarious work in the UK evolved since Covid-19? Blog Complete the survey: How’s your childcare? UK Policy Briefings WBG quick response to Government Plans on Funding for Social Care UK Policy Briefings ‘Freedom Day’ – what are the implications of lifting lockdown restrictions in England? Open Letters WBG Remember Emma Ritch The Executive Director of Engender Reports Building Back Fairer For Women & Girls Press Releases Leading Women’s Organisations Call on Government to ‘Build Back Fairer’ News Archive Media Round-Up: July 2021 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: June 2021 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: May 2021 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog Call for Papers – 3rd Annual Early Career Network Conference Reports Access to Childcare in Great Britain Press Releases Data shows that 64,0000 childcare places have been lost during the winter lockdowns Press Releases House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Report on DWP’s preparations for changes in the world of work Blog Witches, Witch Hunting and Women by Silvia Federici – Book Review UK Policy Briefings Towards Gender Inclusive and Sustainable Transport Systems UK Policy Briefings Covid- 19 and Working-Class Women Study Blog Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment by Aliya Hamid Rao – Book Review Events 18.06.2021 COVID-19 and Working Lives in the UK: Inequalities of Gender and Class Events 24.06.2021 Transforming Transport: travelling towards an inclusive, green system UK Policy Briefings The Queen’s Speech 2021 – Still No Word on Care. UK Policy Briefings Losses in the Childcare Sector Blog LAUNCH: Global Partnerships & Learning Programme Blog Open call to join Pool of Trainers (Gender-Responsive Budgeting) UK Policy Briefings A purple, green and red new deal for equitable sustainable development in the UK News Archive Media Round-Up: April 2021 Who's been talking about WBG this month? UK Policy Briefings Equality impact assessments and equality-responsiveness of budgets in English local authorities Press Releases WBG Respond to Liz Kendall MPs speech about ‘Transforming social care ‘as an economic priority’ post-Covid’ Blog Caring for the planet and for people – why a Feminist Green New Deal is urgent Blog ‘Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis’ by Nancy Fraser – Book Review Blog ONS Labour Market Statistics (April 2021) Reports Gender Differences in Access to Coronavirus Government Support Press Releases Self-employed women are losing out on Government support Blog A Minimum Income Guarantee – income security for women? Events 30.04.2021 Local Government Finance: Can Equality Impact Assessments Make a Difference? Press Releases Only 38% of women in the UK believe the Government’s Covid 19 response has focused on issues that matter most to them Reports One year on: Women are less likely than men to feel the Government’s response to Covid-19 has met their needs Blog Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought (Edited by Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah) – Book Review Events 19.05.2021 Conference Bringing a Caring Economy to the 4 Nations: Making gender budgeting work in practice Press Releases WBG responds to the National Audit Office report on Social Care Markets Blog ONS Labour Market Statistics (March 2021) Blog Prime Minister promised to ‘fix adult social care’ but we are still waiting… Open Letters Joint response on the possibility of separate Universal Credit payments to partners in couples Press Releases Disabled mothers three times more likely to have lost work during the pandemic UK Budget Assessments A missed opportunity to ‘Build Back Better’ Our response to the Spring Budget 2021 Consultation Responses The Women’s Budget Group response to the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement News Archive Media Round-Up: March 2021 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: February 2021 Who's been talking about WBG this month? UK Budget Assessments Spring Budget 2021 -Our Initial Response Press Releases WBG responds to the Spring 2021 Budget announcements UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Women and employment during Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Violence against women and girls UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Taxation and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Social security, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Social care, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Maternity, paternity and parental leave UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Local government, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Housing, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Household debt, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Health inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Pensions and Gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Education and gender UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for young women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for migrant women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Covid-19 and economic challenges for disabled women UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021: Childcare, gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2021 Pre-Budget Briefings Consultation Responses Submission to IPSA Consultation on Parental Leave Blog Automating care: the devaluation of care work for the elderly in the name of gender equality Blog Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care (Madeleine Bunting)- A Review Open Letters Post Pandemic Childcare Events 19.03.2021 Tax Justice & Gender Justice UK Policy Briefings Shared Parental Leave reform Reports Pushed to More Precarity: The uneven impact of lockdowns on mothers and lower income parents Blog Why all economists should be feminist economists Events 11.03.2021 WHY THE GREEN NEW DEAL MUST BE FEMINIST! Open Letters Redundancy protection: joint letter to Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Open Letters Response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on women Blog Women are better investors than men Press Releases Women’s Budget Group response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report Coronavirus and the gendered economic impact. Press Releases 3 in 10 low-income families have lost hours at work because of the pandemic Blog ONS Labour Market Statistics (January 2021) News Archive Media Round-Up: January 2021 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: December 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns by Kerry Hudson- A Review Reports Lessons Learned: Where Women Stand at the Start of 2021 Events 19.02.2021 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Shared Parental Leave UK Policy Briefings Distribution of Money within the Household and Current Social Security Issues for Couples in the UK Consultation Responses WBG Budget Representation 2021 Press Releases Mothers on the lowest incomes are eight times more at risk of losing their job due to school closures in the UK Events 25.01.2021 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Money in the Household: Social Security UK Policy Briefings Lockdown 2021: Immediate Actions Needed Press Releases WBG responds to Liz Truss comments that the ‘equality debate can’t be led by fashion’ Press Releases 62% of disabled mothers and 53% of single parents are worried about making ends meet this Christmas Consultation Responses Submission to HCLG Committee on The Spending Review and Local Government Finance December 2020 Blog Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People by Frances Ryan- A Review Press Releases Responding to ONS data: How people spent their time after the March 2020 coronavirus lockdown Consultation Responses Submission to the HCLG Committee on the Planning System in England December 2020 UK Budget Assessments Response to the Spending Review 2020 Blog ‘The Sex Economy’ (Monica O’Connor) A Review Press Releases Chancellor’s big moment missed the mark, especially for women Events 27.11.2020 Supporting women-led businesses through the pandemic UK Policy Briefings Covid-19 and Economic Challenges for Young Women News Archive Media Round-Up: November 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: October 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: September 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? UK Policy Briefings Social Care, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Covid-19 and Economic Challenges for Disabled Women UK Policy Briefings Taxation and Gender UK Policy Briefings Social Security, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Policy Briefings on Coronavirus and Inequalities UK Policy Briefings Housing, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Local Government, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Household Debt, Gender and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Covid-19 and Economics Challenges for Migrant Women UK Policy Briefings Health Inequalities and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Childcare, Gender and Covid-19 Blog 2021 Feminist Economics Book Club! UK Policy Briefings HMRC data prompts concern of ‘gender furlough gap’ Press Releases On Equal Pay Day: HMRC data prompts concern of ‘gender furlough gap’ Blog WBG responds to Johnson’s environmental plan Open Letters Inequitable treatment of Maternity Allowance in calculation of Universal Credit awards Events 11.11.2020 2nd Annual Early- Career Network Conference Events 14.12.2020 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Inequalities and Covid-19 – Turning Back the Clock? Women’s (un)paid work in 2020 Events 04.12.2020 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Inequalities and Covid-19 – Generation Covid: Young Women and Covid-19 Reports Inequalities in academia – impact on early career researchers Blog ‘Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism And Other Arguments for Economic Independence’ (Kristen R. Ghodsee) A Review Events 06.11.2020 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Inequalities and Covid-19 – The COVID shock: Women and social security in 2020 Events 15.10.2020 Women’s Budget Group AGM Press Releases WBG respond to Rishi Sunak’s economic statement Reports Creating a Caring Economy: A Call to Action This report explores how we can build back better after coronavirus through exploring what kind of world do we want to create? What kind of economy do we want to make? Reports The Case for Sustainable Funding for Women’s Centres Press Releases We can no longer ignore the business case for reducing the number of women in prison Events Equalities and Employment in 2020 Blog Latest ONS data labour market overview (October 2020) Consultation Responses Submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review Representation October 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Treasury Committee inquiry: Tax after coronavirus October 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to Economic Affairs Committee Employment and Covid-19 inquiry September 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry on Funding and Workforce September 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Treasury Inquiry into Decarbonisation and Green Finance September 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the Covid-19 Committee inquiry on Life Beyond Covid August 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to the BEIS inquiry on post-pandemic growth June 2020 Blog Working and caring: the mental health toll of combining paid work and childcare during lockdown Press Releases First results from new study examining the impact of COVID-19 on working-class women in the UK published today Open Letters Proposed temporary suspension of free travel for under 18s in London Events 04.10.2020 Conservative Party Conference event: Creating an Inclusive Economy An event at Conservative Party Conference 2020 Events 07.10.2020 Labour Women’s Network event: The Feminist Case for a Care-led Recovery Event with The Labour Women's Network Press Releases New polling: Public wants an economy that prioritises care and equality and they are willing to pay more tax for this UK Policy Briefings Response to the Winter Economic Plan Blog The Seductions of Quantification (Sally Engle Merry) – A Review Events 30.09.2020 Creating a caring economy: a call to action Events 08.09.2020 ‘A care-led recovery and building back better’ online webinar Online webinar where policy experts discuss why a recovery from Coronavirus must centre care in order to build a fairer, more gender-equal economy News Archive Media Round-Up: August 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: July 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? A review Consultation Responses Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into Human Rights Implications of Coronavirus Consultation Responses Submission to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry into the Economic Impact of Coronavirus Reports Parenting and Covid-19 Blog Latest ONS data on employment (Apr-June 2020) Consultation Responses Submission to Office for Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax Review Blog The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich- a review Blog New ONS data on time use and parenting in lockdown (22 July 2020) Blog No Recourse to Public Funds: Why this policy of hostility disproportionally affects migrant women in UK Blog The government must invest in childcare or the early years sector will cost women their jobs Blog ‘The only difference between us is the rate of interest we pay’: Debt and Mothers in the North East of England Blog Latest ONS data on employment (March-May 2020) News Archive Media Round-Up: June 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Press Releases Crisis of care for women in England as lock down lifts New data shows that childcare costs between a fifth and a quarter of women’s salaries. Reports Covid-19 Report- The Impact on Women in Coventry This report explores the key gendered impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on women in the UK, with a focus on the city of Coventry. Press Releases WBG response to Chancellor’s ‘economic update’: Investment welcome but insufficient as WBG data shows investment in care could create over 2 million jobs Events 09.07.2020 ‘Covid-19 – the impact on women in Coventry’ digital report launch Digital launch of the UK Women's Budget Group's latest report on the gendered impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women in Coventry. Open Letters Gendered impact of the UK’s Government’s lifting of lockdown Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum 2020 June 2020 Open Letters Our letter asking for Alok Sharma’s support for the Pregnancy and Maternity (Redundancy Protection Bill) Open Letters The lockdown is turning back the clock on women’s lives in Britain Open Letters Flexible working beyond COVID-19 Reports A Care-Led Recovery from Coronavirus The case for investment in care as a better post-pandemic economic stimulus than investment in construction. Press Releases WBG responds to the Prime Minister’s speech: Invest in care to create jobs and growth Investment in Scandinavian-style universal care would create more than 2 million jobs Blog ‘The Economy’s Other Half’ (Heintz)- a review Consultation Responses Submission: Coronavirus and the Gendered Economic Impact Consultation Responses Submission to The Early Years Commission Consultation Responses Submission to The Labour Party’s ‘Green Recovery’ consultation Blog Coronavirus and the past, present and future of social care Coronavirus and care: what went so horribly wrong and what's next for social care? Blog Latest ONS data on employment (February-April 2020) Reports Disabled Women and Covid- 19 Press Releases Disabled women under “immense pressure” during lockdown Events 24.06.2020 Putting gender equality at the heart of the wellbeing economy Join Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi in discussion with policy experts, on what a gender-equal economy with wellbeing at its core might look like. Blog ‘The Inner Level’ (Wilkinson and Pickett) – a review Open Letters Joint letter: Tax reform to support a fairer and greener future June 2020 Press Releases New data reveals “crisis of support” for BAME women Half of disabled or retired BAME women say they do not know where to go for help vs 1 in 5 white women Reports BAME women and Covid-19 Open Letters Joint letter urging the Government to prioritise funding for childcare Blog Multiple Realities of Covid-19: Experiences of Glasgow’s Migrant Women Blog by Eliska Bujokova for our ECN 'Women and the Economy' series Blog Unpaid care: the only Coronavirus constant? News Archive Media Round-Up: May 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-Up: April 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog Covid- 19 and women: What we know so far… UK Policy Briefings Gender and the ‘Green New Deal’ Blog Latest data on Covid- 19: 19th May 2020 UK Policy Briefings Response to the Government’s Covid-19 Recovery ‘Roadmap’ Blog What is happening on the front line: Covid-19 and Migrant women Press Releases WBG response to the Prime Minister’s statement on easing the lockdown Blog Why Women Will Save the Planet (Friends of the Earth and C40 Cities)- a review Press Releases Half of parents with young children ‘struggling to make ends meet’ Events 20.05.2020 What would a Feminist Green New Deal look like? Blog Has the Bank of England found a magic money tree? Blog We need a way out for Migrant women experiencing domestic abuse in lockdown The lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic is exposing and exacerbating another public health crisis: that of violence against women. Reports Migrant Women and the Economy Press Releases Report Launch: Covid-19: No safety net for migrant women UK Policy Briefings Easing Lockdown: potential problems for women A briefing from the UK Women's Budget Group. Consultation Responses Submission to the Women and Equalities Committee on Covid-19 Open Letters Joint call to UK Government: Coronavirus is having a devastating impact on women Open Letters Joint Letter to Secretary of State: Covid- 19 and support for pregnant women and working families Open Letters Joint Open Letter in The Guardian: Universal credit’s two-child limit and the benefit cap must end now News Covid-19: Urgent call for action Events 05.05.2020 ‘Migrant Women and the Economy’ digital report launch Analysis Spirals of Inequality Watch our short clip on why the economy does not work for women and why we must do things differently. Unpaid work is at the heart of gender inequality. Women do 60% more unpaid work and earn 43% less than men. UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Social Security and Covid-19 UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Social Care and Covid-19 Press Releases Crises Collide: Women and Covid-19 Our latest briefing sets out the immediate impact that Covid- 19 crisis is having on women that needs to be addressed. 'At the end of this immediate emergency we cannot return to business as usual.' UK Policy Briefings Crises Collide: Women and Covid-19 News We respond to the updated Covid 19 Furlough rules News Archive Media Round-Up: March 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog It is women, especially low-paid, BAME & migrant women putting their lives on the line to deliver vital care Open Letters Letter to the Secretary of State: Step Up Migrant Women campaign Press Releases Low paid women at highest risk of exposure to Covid 19 There are over 3 million people in jobs at high risk of exposure to Covid 19 in the UK – 77% of them are women. News Archive Media Round-up: February 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? UK Policy Briefings Briefing: The Coronavirus Bill: Gaps and Problems Open Letters Letter: Campaigning for Women’s Visibility in UK Response to Covid- 19 Blog Doughnut Economics (Kate Raworth) – a review Feminist Economics Book Club Open Letters Open Letter to UK Government covered in The Times More is needed for the Covid-19 Crisis Open Letters An open letter to the Prime Minister UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Covid-19 – Gender and other Equality Issues Blog We want to hear from CEOs and third sector leaders Our Director, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, wants to hear from other charity leaders who would like to help to create policies for a gender-equal society. Blog Covid-19 Crisis: Questions for the Chancellor UK Policy Briefings Briefing: Equality Impact Assessments and the Budget 2020 Press Releases Budget 2020: Massive increase in public spending but no action to address crisis in social care and rising child poverty Consultation Responses Submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the Economic of Universal Credit March 2020 Consultation Responses Submission to BEIS ‘Good Work Plan’ Consultation Consultation Responses Submission to Homelessness Act 2010 inquiry October 2019 UK Policy Briefings 2020 Briefing: Migrant women and social security March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 Briefing: Young Women and Economic Justice Events 11.03.2020 Gender and the Budget 2020 UK Policy Briefings Pre-Budget Briefings 2020 Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in a number of distinct areas. Blog UK Approach to Trade Negotiations with the EU: a Disappointing Start Professor James Harrison from the University of Warwick explains why the Government's approach is disappointing for those who want to see labour and environmental regulations front and centre of all future trade deals. Blog UK-EU Negotiations: what it says and what it means for women Resources Gender Equality Impact Assessments: A Short Guide Blog ‘Collective Bargaining and Gender Equality’ (Pillinger and Wintour) – a review UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Gender, employment and earnings March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Health and Gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Pensions and gender inequality March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Tax and Gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Housing and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Household debt and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Public transport and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Equality Impact Assessments March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Violence against women and girls (VAWG) March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Social care and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG: Tax on saving and investment: gender issues March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Childcare and gender March 2020 UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefings: Local government and gender March 2020 News Life expectancy has declined for the poorest women Women’s Budget Group response to the Marmott Review, 10 years on. News WBG statement on Immigration Reform: Discrimination by Design Blog FiLiA meets: Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson FiLiA meets our Director Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson Blog The ideological dangers of austerity – and why women are bearing the brunt of it Blog by Stephanie Gillibrand for our ECN 'Women and the Economy' series Blog For women especially ‘levelling up’ means investment in people, not just roads and rail News Archive Media Round-up: January 2020 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog Submission to BEIS Good Work Plan consultation November 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to HM Treasury Budget Representation 2020 Blog ‘Invisible Women’: a mind-blowing exposure of a male-centred world (review) Feminist Economics Book Club News Archive Media Round-up: December 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog Voter ID proposals risk disenfranchising the most marginalised women Blog Gender equality: 5 things to look out for in the Queen’s speech Your guide to the Queen's opening of parliament Events 31.01.2020 Event: Can Free Trade Agreements help secure gender equality and social justice? News Archive Media Round-up: November 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog Roads and rails are welcome, but a healthy economy needs care Blog What are the main parties saying about savings and investment inequality for women? Blog Pensions and Women: What are the main parties saying? Blog How are the main parties promising to end the social care crisis? Blog Social Care Is In Crisis: We Need A National Care Service Our social care system is in crisis and women are bearing the brunt. Blog No, Universal Credit is not ‘gender neutral’ Any reform of the social security system should be subject to a meaningful equality impact assessment. Blog Calling all candidates: tax justice is gender justice We need to think about tax in a different way – as a vital source of funding for public services. Blog The role of qualitative research for gender budgeting Blog Investment, Austerity, and Female Employment Blog post by Jessica Brown on our ECN 'Women and the Economy' blog series. Press Releases We respond to Conservative Party tax and spending plans this week Cuts to corporation tax largely benefit men Press Releases Women and Housing: General Election It’s key that all parties capture the extent to which the housing crisis is disproportionately affecting women Press Releases 32 Women’s and Equality Organisations launch a ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’ UK Policy Briefings 29 Women’s and Equality Organisations joint ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’ UK Policy Briefings 2019 WBG Briefing: Social security and gender October 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Women & Equalities Committee inquiry on prostitution/sex work October 2019 UK Policy Briefings General Election 2019: Towards an Economy which Works for Women News Archive Media Round-up: October 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-up: September 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? UK Policy Briefings What does Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal mean for women? UK Policy Briefings WBG response to the Queen’s speech – October 2019 UK Policy Briefings WBG calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to assess and publish the impact of Universal Credit on women before ‘managed migration’ Reports Housing for Women in Coventry Press Releases Report Launch: Housing for Women in Coventry New data from our report shows that in Coventry, property prices are 8.5 times women’s median salary, only 5.6 times men’s median salary. Press Releases WBG welcomes Labour announcement of free personal care for older people ‘We welcome plans for a national care service, free at the point of need. Successive governments’ failure to fund, and plan for, rising care needs adequately has pushed adult social care to breaking point.' Blog Dear Liz Truss, focus on trading towards gender equality September 2019 UK Policy Briefings Gender sensitive trade policy September 2019 UK Policy Briefings Operation Yellowhammer: briefing from the Women’s Budget Group Events 18.09.2019 Intersectionality in Feminist Economics panel Unite the Union, London, WC1X 8TN, 18:30 – 19:45 UK Policy Briefings An End to Austerity? What the Spending Review means for women News Archive Media Round-up: August 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Press Releases WBG responds to the Spending Review We now know that the end of austerity just means no more cuts. But the women who have been hit the hardest won’t believe that austerity has ended until they see an improvement in public services they rely on. Events 18.09.2019 AGM 2019 and Management Committee Election Unite the Union, London WC1X 8TN, 5-6:30pm UK Policy Briefings Women and the Spending Review August 2019 Events 04.09.2019 2019 Spending Review Viewing Date: 4th September 2019 Time: 12:00- 16:00 Venue: Voluntary Action Islington, 200A Pentonville Road, London N1 9JP Consultation Responses Submission to the OHCHR Questionnaire: ‘Women’s Human Rights in the Changing World of Work. August 2019 News Archive Media Round-up: July 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-up: June 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? Blog “‘Second Chance’ Offered me a Lifeline”: Austerity and the erosion of further education Blog post by Rebecca Suart on our ECN 'Women and the Economy' blog series. Blog ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ leak: what does it mean for women? Analysing the gendered impact of a no deal Brexit Events 27.09.2019 Coventry report launch: A Home of Her Own: Housing and Women Consultation Responses Submission to the NHS long term plan consultation August 2019 Blog Committee Concludes the Government’s New Domestic Abuse Bill Neglects Migrant Women Events 12.09.2019 POSTPONED: WBG seminar: Gender and Trade Agreements This event has been postponed. We will be rescheduling. Blog Eighteenth Century Wet-Nursing Practices and Reproductive Care Chains – What Has (Not) Changed? Blog post by Eliska Bujokova on our ECN series 'Women and the Economy' Consultation Responses Submission to the Labour party’s National Policy Forum 2019 consultation August 2019 Consultation Responses Submission to the Commission on Social Security July 2019 Blog Promoting Gender Budgeting in Colombia WBG delivers a lecture at the first summer school in Latin America on gender and economics Reports Making devolution work for women: Sheffield City Region data report Resources #HomeOfHerOwn- Campaign to raise awareness of gender housing affordability gap Press Releases EXCLUSIVE DATA: Housing is unaffordable for women in every English region Reports A Home of Her Own: Housing and Women Press Releases Government’s roadmap to gender equality need to be paved with more than just good intentions. Blog Tell the new Prime Minister: tax cuts turn back the clock on gender equality Events 18.07.2019 Report launch: A Home of Her Own: Housing and Women Blog “The gap between vision and reality is huge”: How social security is failing women across the 4 nations Blog Young Carers and the Invisibility Cloak Blog post by Chloe Alexander on our ECN 'Women and the Economy' blog series. Consultation Responses Submission to the Low Pay Commission consultation Reports Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations Press Releases Report launch: Government’s commitments in Domestic Abuse Bill undermined by the social security system Consultation Responses Submission to the social value in government procurement consultation June 2019 News Archive Media Round-up: May 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? News Archive Media Round-up: April 2019 Who's been talking about WBG this month? UK Policy Briefings Data for gender responsive budgeting: a note for Oxfam from the Women’s Budget Group Blog Single Parent Families – Trapped Within a Pernicious Intersection of Welfare Reform Policies In the 90’s the state abandoned single parent mothers. They are now regulated within an inch of their lives. Blog Phillip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty: WBG responds to his report on UK poverty Events 12.06.2019 Report launch: Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, 1 Parliament St, London SW1A 2JR, 5-6pm Blog And still we earn less: The gender pay gap in the UK Blog post by Deborah Giustini on our ECN series 'Women and the Economy' Blog Feminist Economics and Development: Dialogue with Diane Elson and WBG Blog The Punitive Impact of Universal Credit on the Life Chances of Single Parents with Children Under 5 Events 05.06.2019 Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy drop-in session Blog A feminist analysis of neoliberalism and austerity policies in the UK Blog How Women Made the West Rich – a lesson from economic history A blog by Dr Victoria Bateman on women's freedom and economic prosperity. News Archive Media Round-up: March 2019 Who's been talking about the WBG this month? Blog Podcast: Role of open government in defending women’s rights We explore how government can help to promote, advance & defend women’s rights. Blog Podcast: Brexit Breakdown Our Director, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson sat down with UK in a Changing Europe to discuss the impact of Brexit on women and women's participation during the EU Referendum. Blog DWP data reveals: women and children continue to be worst affected by poverty Press Releases Office for National Statistics data reveals: Life expectancy for women has fallen News Archive Media Round-up: February 2019 Who's been talking about the WBG this month? Press Releases Promise of ‘end of austerity’ rings hollow: social security frozen for another year and public services are in crisis Women's Budget Group respond to the Spring Statement Useful Links Twenty-first Century Councils A toolkit enabling and supporting women, parents and carers to stand and serve in local government Toolkits A short guide to taxing for gender equality Produced by Oxfam with support from the Women’s Budget Group Press Releases Triple Whammy: the impact of local government cuts on women Reports Triple Whammy: the impact of local government cuts on women March 2019 News Archive Media Round-up: January 2019 Who's been talking about the WBG this month? Blog Reshaping the economy to work for all: New Commission on a Gender- Equal Economy Blog Deal or No Deal Brexit will be bad for women This is a guest blog by Jenna Norman, feminist activist and campaigner for Women for a People’s Vote. The views expressed in this blog are her own and not those of Women's Budget Group. Events 13.03.2019 2019 Spring Statement Viewing Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Kings Place, 90 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 9AG Press Releases WBG welcomes Select Committee recommendation that Treasury assess equality impact And calls on Treasury to act in time for 2019 Spending Review Events 07.03.2019 Report launch: Triple Whammy – the impact of local government cuts on women Diskus Suite, Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN Blog Why the Government is wrong to change the pension credit rules 'Make no mistake, this is very bad news for everyone affected' Blog Universal Credit: If the government want to create a welfare system that works for all then we need a radical redesign If the government is committed to ending austerity and reforming the welfare system to support the most vulnerable, then they must seek to understand the barriers that people in poverty face and why the welfare system is crucial in creating a more equal society. Consultation Responses HMRC The Taxation of Trusts: A Review Women’s Budget Group response to changes in Interest in Possession (IIP) trusts. Blog The Likely Economic Impact of Brexit on Women: Lessons from Gender and Trade Research Women's Budget Group Director, Mary-Ann Stephenson and Economist Marzia Fontana contributed a chapter to the book Gender and Queer Perspectives on Brexit. Read the preview... Blog Women’s Budget Group position on Brexit With the Article 50 deadline looming there is an urgent need to extend the negotiation period and to develop deliberative mechanisms to involve a wider range of voices, and in particular the voices of women and other marginalised groups. Blog ‘Gender-neutral’: Universal Credit Equality Impact Assessments Equality Impact Assessments can improve decision-making and and show if public bodies have considered equality Press Releases WBG welcomes Amber Rudd’s announcements on Universal Credit, but underlying problems still remain 11 January 2019 News Archive Media Round-up: December 2018 Who's been talking about the WBG this month? Events 08.03.2019 RESCHEDULED: Coventry Report Launch: Funding for the Women’s Sector Lord Mayor's Hospitality Suite, Coventry City Council, CV1 5RR Coventry Blog Gender equality in the Japanese and British workplace: A neoliberal mask for economic growth? Blog post on our ECN series "Women and the Economy" Blog A Christmas Round-up We look back at what we've achieved in 2018 Events 24.01.2019 WBG ECN launch: What is Feminist Economics? Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester Blog Gender Segregation by Field of Study in Higher Education: A New Way of Gender Inequality? The first blog post of our ECN series "Women and the Economy" Reports Life-Changing & Life-Saving: Funding for the women’s sector December 2018 News Archive Media Round-up: November 2018 Who's been talking about our work this month? Blog Austerity hits women harder A recording of our event with the Independent Expert on foreign debt & human rights Events 12.12.2018 Report Launch: Life-Changing & Life-Saving: Funding for the women’s sector Jubilee Room, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Useful Links The impact of austerity on women A presentation by Professor Diane Elson Blog Instrumental gender approach ignores structural elephant in the room A guest blog by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and human rights Blog Going, going, gone: The unrelenting destruction of our social infrastructure A guest blog by Hilary Land, Emeritus Professor at the University of Bristol Blog Why older women’s economic empowerment matters for international development A guest blog by Kate Horstead, Policy Advisor at Age International Blog Government must take urgent action on poverty WBG response to findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty Blog Promoting Economic Pluralism A guest blog by Teresa Linzner from Promoting Economic Pluralism Blog Discrimination Within The Banking System Targets Women A guest blog by Helena McAleer Blog Come work with us! We're recruiting for two new posts to join the WBG team UK Budget Assessments 2018 Autumn Budget: WBG full analysis November 2018 News Archive Media Round-up: October 2018 Who's been talking about the WBG this month? Events 04.12.2018 How does austerity impact on women’s human rights? NYU London, 6 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA, 10am – 12.00pm Press Releases Budget promises ‘jam tomorrow’ but little real change 29th October 2018 Consultation Responses Consultations on Trade Negotiations Submission to the Department for International Trade (October 2018) UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Education and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2018: Childcare October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Trade and Investment October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Disabled Women and Austerity October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Social Care October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Women and Pensions October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Tax and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Public Transport and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Social Security and Women October 2018 Blog Women for a People’s Vote A guest blog by Rachel Franklin, Director of Women for a People's Vote UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Savings and Investments: Gender Issues October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Housing and Gender October 2018 UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Health and Gender October 2018 News Archive Media round-up: September 2018 Who's been talking about our work this month? Consultation Responses Consultation on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act Submission to the Government Equalities Office (October 2018) UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Women, Employment and Earnings October 2018 Consultation Responses Equality Act 2010 Inquiry Submission to the Women and Equalities Committee (October 2018) UK Policy Briefings 2018 Autumn Budget: Pre-Budget Policy Briefings Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in a number of distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2018 Consultation Responses Childcare as a Barrier to Work Inquiry Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee (September 2018) Events 29.10.2018 2018 Autumn Budget viewing Room 6, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BB, 3-6pm Blog Women Count launch a huge success We share photos from our recent gender responsive budgeting reception Useful Links Quaker’s ‘new economy’ booklets A series of free booklets and session plans for new economy reading groups Blog Transforming Care OpenDemocracy publishes a new eBook outlining a new vision for Britain's economy Blog Rethinking low pay and in-work poverty Fran Bennett clears up the confusion around low pay and in-work poverty. Press Releases UK Government lagging behind in making budgets work for women 19th September 2018 Toolkits Women Count A casebook for Gender Responsive Budgeting groups News Archive Media round-up: August 2018 Who's been talking about our work this month? Consultation Responses Extreme Poverty Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights in the UK(September 2018) Blog Gender and the Budget WBG member Susan Himmelweit talks to the Progressive Economy Forum about the 2018 Autumn Budget (Podcast) Press Releases ‘Universal Credit risks increasing women’s vulnerability to abuse’ 12th September 2018 Blog A year in review: 2018 Annual Report View a short, reader-friendly version of our annual report. Toolkits Feminist Economics resources A set of easy and accessible resources on feminist economics, free to download. News Archive Media round-up: May 2018 Who's been talking about our work this month? Blog ‘Taxing Families’ debate Fran Bennett on the case for independent taxation Events 19.09.2018 Gender Responsive Budgeting Reception The Living Room, City Hall, London, 6-9pm News Archive Media round-up: July 2018 Who's been talking about our work this month? Events 19.09.2018 AGM 2018 The Living Room, City Hall, London, 4pm – 5.30pm Reports The Female Face of Poverty Our 2018 report looking at the causes and consequences of economic deprivation for women. News Archive Media round-up: June 2018 Who's been talking about our work this month? Consultation Responses Universal Credit Inquiry Submission to the Public Accounts Committee (June 2018) Consultation Responses Social Care Funding Inquiry Submission to the Lords Select Committee (October 2018) Reports Universal Credit and financial abuse: exploring the links June 2018 News Archive ‘Intersecting Inequalities’ in the news Our recent report ‘Intersecting Inequalities’ has received widespread coverage. Events 12.09.2018 How might Universal Credit increase the risk of financial abuse? House of Commons, Committee Room 12, 3.00pm – 4.30pm Events 18.07.2018 Report Launch: The Female Face of Poverty House of Lords, Committee Room 3A, 6.30 - 8 pm Consultation Responses Universal Credit and Domestic Abuse Inquiry Submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee (May 2018) Blog Brexit, Work and Women A guest blog by Agnes Norris Keiller from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Events 12.06.2018 Why does tax matter for equality between women and men? The Wilson Room, Portcullis House, 2pm Blog The gender pay gap: myth-busting! Last week saw the deadline for UK employers with 250 or more employees to publish their gender pay gap data. Press Releases Brexit risks ‘turning the clock back on gender equality’ 27th March 2018 Press Releases Spring Statement 2018 13th March 2018 UK Budget Assessments 2018 Spring Financial Statement: WBG response March 2018 Resources #MoreWomenInEcon campaign resources A campaign to ask governments and universities to do more to address the lack of women in economics. Reports Exploring the economic impact of Brexit on women Our 2018 report with Fawcett Society and the #FaceHerFuture campaign reveals damaging economic impact of Brexit on women. Toolkits Gender Responsive Budgeting A comprehensive set of Gender Responsive Budgeting resources available to download and share for free. UK Policy Briefings Universal Credit and Financial Abuse WBG and EVAW 2018 briefing on Universal Credit and financial abuse. Consultation Responses Submission to the OHCHR: The impact of economic reform policies on women’s human rights February 2018 Events 27.03.2018 Report Launch: Exploring the economic impact of Brexit on women House of Lords, Committee Room 4A, 6:45pm – 8pm Blog Debt is not a crime: reviewing imprisonment for council tax non-payment A guest blog by Naima Sakande from the Centre for Criminal Appeals. Blog What is Feminist Economics? We look at just what exactly 'feminist economics' means... UK Policy Briefings The Equality impact of tax and benefit changes – why an impact assessment is needed December 2017 briefing UK Budget Assessments 2017 Autumn Budget: WBG full response November 2017 Press Releases Autumn Budget 2017 ‘tinkering at the margins’ says Women’s Budget Group 22nd November 2017 UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2017: Pre-Budget Briefings Ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group have written a series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas. Events 22.11.2017 Members invited to review Autumn Budget 2017 Barrow Cadbury Trust, 12pm – 3pm Reports Intersecting Inequalities A 2017 report from the WBG & The Runnymede Trust looking at the impact of austerity on BME women. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-budget briefing: Childcare Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-budget briefing: Taxation Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Social Security Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Social Care Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Savings Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Pensions Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Housing Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Health Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Employment Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Education Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Brexit Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. UK Policy Briefings Universal Credit: A 2017 briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group Blog New report reveals huge racial disparities in income for ethnic minority women Events 10.10.2017 Report Launch: Intersecting Inequalities House of Commons, Committee Room 19, 4pm-5.30pm Events 18.10.2017 Come to our AGM! UNISON, 4pm - 6.30pm Blog We are recruiting!
