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A blog by Ebyan Abdirahman, Research and Policy Officer at the Women's Budget Group 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. Blog Unleashing the Power of Census Data Reflections from Erin Parker Leonard who attended WBG's Census Day Event 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 Blog Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls Blog Join our team! Head of Global Partnerships and Learning Blog Join our team! Communications Officer Blog The WTO’s Gendered Comeback: Gender Concerns at the 12th Ministerial Conference Blog Gender inequality and invisible work in the platform 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 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 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 UK Policy Briefings Briefing Note: A Spending Review for a Green and Care-led Recovery Events 16.11.2021 Building Better Social Care Blog Why Women Are Poorer Than Men by Annabelle Williams – Book Review Blog Gender Pay Gap in the UK: 2021 Blog Tax wealth and profit income to fund social care and healthcare 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 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. Blog An Invisible and Vulnerable Sector: Early Years Childcare and Covid Blog Looking for a feminist perspective in the economics curriculum 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 Blog Complete the survey: How’s your childcare? Blog Call for Papers – 3rd Annual Early Career Network Conference Blog Witches, Witch Hunting and Women by Silvia Federici – Book Review Blog Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment by Aliya Hamid Rao – Book Review Blog LAUNCH: Global Partnerships & Learning Programme Blog Open call to join Pool of Trainers (Gender-Responsive Budgeting) 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) Blog A Minimum Income Guarantee – income security for women? Blog Why a Green New Deal Must be Feminist Blog Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought (Edited by Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah) – Book Review Blog ONS Labour Market Statistics (March 2021) Blog Prime Minister promised to ‘fix adult social care’ but we are still waiting… Blog Is Shared Parental Leave really the great equaliser? 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 Events 19.03.2021 Tax Justice & Gender Justice Blog Why all economists should be feminist economists Blog Women are better investors than men Blog ONS Labour Market Statistics (January 2021) Blog Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns by Kerry Hudson- A Review Events 19.02.2021 Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Shared Parental Leave Blog Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People by Frances Ryan- A Review Blog ‘The Sex Economy’ (Monica O’Connor) A Review Blog 2021 Feminist Economics Book Club! UK Policy Briefings HMRC data prompts concern of ‘gender furlough gap’ Blog WBG responds to Johnson’s environmental plan Blog ‘Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism And Other Arguments for Economic Independence’ (Kristen R. Ghodsee) A Review Blog Latest ONS data labour market overview (October 2020) Blog Working and caring: the mental health toll of combining paid work and childcare during lockdown Blog The Seductions of Quantification (Sally Engle Merry) – A Review Blog Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? A review Blog Latest ONS data on employment (Apr-June 2020) 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) Blog ‘The Economy’s Other Half’ (Heintz)- a review 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) Blog ‘The Inner Level’ (Wilkinson and Pickett) – a review Blog On the Hottest Day in the UK So Far, A Discussion on a Feminist Green New Deal 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? Blog Covid- 19 and women: What we know so far… Blog Latest data on Covid- 19: 19th May 2020 Blog What is happening on the front line: Covid-19 and Migrant women Blog Why Women Will Save the Planet (Friends of the Earth and C40 Cities)- a review 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. Blog It is women, especially low-paid, BAME & migrant women putting their lives on the line to deliver vital care Blog Doughnut Economics (Kate Raworth) – a review Feminist Economics Book Club 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 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 Blog ‘Collective Bargaining and Gender Equality’ (Pillinger and Wintour) – a review 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 Blog Submission to BEIS Good Work Plan consultation November 2019 Blog ‘Invisible Women’: a mind-blowing exposure of a male-centred world (review) Feminist Economics Book Club 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 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. Blog Dear Liz Truss, focus on trading towards gender equality September 2019 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 Blog Committee Concludes the Government’s New Domestic Abuse Bill Neglects Migrant Women 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' Blog Promoting Gender Budgeting in Colombia WBG delivers a lecture at the first summer school in Latin America on gender and economics Blog Tell the new Prime Minister: tax cuts turn back the clock on gender equality 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. 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 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 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. 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 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. 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. 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 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 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" 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
