Media Round-Up: August 2022

Date Posted: Monday 26th September 2022

With the cost of living hitting virtually everyone, it is unsurprising that it has been the focus of much media attention.

The New Statesman quoted Sara Reis on How inflation is worse for women

Vicky Spratt’s new book Tenants features research from WBG. You can read a review here: Book review: ‘To be a tenant in Britain today is to try everything in your power to hold on to your sense of security, often clutching at straws’

Bristol Women’s Voice shared our research in their piece How Covid-19 has impacted women’s employment

A more positive look is New Economics Foundation’s report on A Gender Equal Living Income quotes our work on social security

Women’s Grid commented on the Shared Parental Leave scheme: Missing: reform of Shared Parental Leave – Maternity Action

News NCR also quoted our ‘shock-absorbers of poverty’ line: Liz Truss vs Rishi Sunak: Where do they stand on girls’s points?

The Women’s Resource Centre wrote a useful piece on The funding landscape for women’s voluntary and community organisations in London