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The first blog post of our ECN series "Women and the Economy" Blog Austerity hits women harder A recording of our event with the Independent Expert on foreign debt & human rights 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 Blog Women for a People’s Vote A guest blog by Rachel Franklin, Director of Women for a People's Vote Blog Women Count launch a huge success We share photos from our recent gender responsive budgeting reception 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. Blog Gender and the Budget WBG member Susan Himmelweit talks to the Progressive Economy Forum about the 2018 Autumn Budget (Podcast) Blog A year in review: 2018 Annual Report View a short, reader-friendly version of our annual report. Blog ‘Taxing Families’ debate Fran Bennett on the case for independent taxation Blog Intersecting Inequalities A new report from WBG and the Runnymede Trust looks at the impact of austerity on BME women Blog Brexit, Work and Women A guest blog by Agnes Norris Keiller from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. 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. 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... Blog New report reveals huge racial disparities in income for ethnic minority women Blog We are recruiting! Blog Recruiting for a Research and Policy Officer Blog Recruiting for an Administrator Blog Public Sector Equality Duty Evidence Blog Gender Budgeting in Scotland: A Work in Progress New special issue includes article on Gender Budgeting in Scotland Blog What’s tax got to do with it? Blog Plan F: Our General Election Manifesto Response Blog The General Election 2017 Blog General Election Blogs Blog IMF Worldwide Review of Gender Budgeting Blog General Election 2017 blog: What about social care? Blog Scottish Government commits to splitting payments of Universal Credit Blog Does the Treasury have something to hide? WBG immediate response to the Women & Equalities Committee report Blog Towards a New Deal For Care and Carers New report launched by the PSA Care Commission and Women’s Budget Group (2016) Blog #MayMonitor – WBG launches new campaign #MayMonitor – an on-going project to track the actions of May’s Government Blog Corbyn vs. Smith How the Labour leadership candidates responded to 5 questions on gender equality Blog If ‘Brexit means Brexit’ what will that mean for women? We review some of the questions that the vote to leave the EU has raised. Blog Budget 2016: Women paying for the Chancellor’s tax cuts A comprehensive assessment of how the 2016 Budget will impact on women and gender equality Blog Budget response: Women paying for the Chancellor’s tax cuts Budget response (March, 2016) Blog Policies of the Conservative Government to be more regressive than those of the Coalition A new briefing launched today by the UK Women’s Budget Group (March, 2016) Blog Investing 2% of GDP in care industries could create 1.5 million jobs A new report launched today shows that investing public funds in childcare and elder care services is a worthwhile investment Blog Parliament debates impact of austerity on women 9 December 2015: Topics covered in the debate, which lasted three hours, included the gender pay gap, benefit changes, and occupational segregation Blog What does the 2015 Autumn Financial Statement mean for women? How the measures announced in the joint Autumn Statement and Comprehensive Spending Review will impact on women
