Media Round-Up: February 2022

Date Posted: Tuesday 22nd February 2022

WBG’s Sara Reis wrote for the Independent on why a shorter working week is good for gender equality: A shorter working week could help close the gender pay gap – here’s how

Our new report on shorter working week is referenced in Marie Claire: A shorter working week could help to close the gender pay gap

City A.M covers the story on how a four day work week could close the gender gap, using our report: Four day work week could close gender pay gap, argues women’s rights group

More coverage on the four-day work week in HR Magazine: Four-day week would help close gender pay gap & HR Grapevine: How a shorter working week could help close the gender pay gap

WBG signs letter calling on the government to increase benefits by 6% in Left Foot Forward: Calls for a 6% increase to benefits to protect low-income families amid cost of living crisis

Our previous reports on austerity cuts is referenced in a piece in The Times: The Ethical Stripper by Stacey Clare review — a remarkable insider account

Our research is quoted in Nursery World, exploring the Government’s decision to overlook the early years sector in the recent White Paper on ‘Levelling-Up’: Early years forgotten again

Our work on the childcare crisis in referenced in The New Statesman: Understanding the long-term effects of the pandemic on young children