Bridging the Gender Data Gap
Reflections from Ilaria Esposito who attended WBG’s Census Day Event
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.
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To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe edited by Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca Sobande – Book Review
Jul 29, 2021 | Blog
Publisher: Pluto Press (2019) Review by Vanesha Singh Discussions which centre Black women’s resistance to neoliberalism and racial and gender-based oppression will invariably have a number of takeaways for feminists, particularly around how we confront white...
Complete the survey: How’s your childcare?
Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
A coalition of groups alongside Women's Budget Group (including Gingerbread, Mumsnet, Pregnant Then Screwed, the TUC, Maternity Action, the Fawcett Society, Working Families, The Fatherhood Institute) have come together to ask parents across the UK about their...
Call for Papers – 3rd Annual Early Career Network Conference
Jul 13, 2021 | Blog
Feminist Futures: Reimagining Global Climate Justice For the 3rd Annual Early Career Network conference, Feminist Futures: Reimagining Global Climate Justice, we invite ECN members (students, academics, civil servants, voluntary workers, or third-sector...
Witches, Witch Hunting and Women by Silvia Federici – Book Review
Jun 25, 2021 | Blog
Publisher: PM Press (2018) Review by Jessica Robinson “The witch was the communist and terrorist of her time, which required a ‘civilizing’ drive to produce the new ‘subjectivity’ and sexual division of labour on which the capitalist work discipline would rely.” -...
Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment by Aliya Hamid Rao – Book Review
May 27, 2021 | Blog
Publisher: University California Press, 2020 Review by Hannah Whelan A book about unemployment has never seemed so opportune. As several countries begin relaxing their lockdown restrictions, it’s clear how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our job market. As the...
LAUNCH: Global Partnerships & Learning Programme
May 11, 2021 | Blog
About the programme The Global Partnerships and Learning programme is a new endeavour of the UK WBG. Through the programme, we are developing collaborative partnerships with civil society organisations around the world, focusing on gender-responsive budgeting and how...
Open call to join Pool of Trainers (Gender-Responsive Budgeting)
May 11, 2021 | Blog
Open call to join Pool of Trainers (Gender-Responsive Budgeting) Global Partnerships and Learning programme Opportunity Membership of the WBG Global Partnerships and Learning Pool of Trainers (Gender-Responsive Budgeting) Consultancy (on a freelance basis, when...
Caring for the planet and for people – why a Feminist Green New Deal is urgent
Apr 27, 2021 | Blog
Living with the Covid-19 pandemic over the past year has led to much discussion of how we can ‘build back better’ following the crisis. This has sparked a collective re-evaluation of the world on pause and a revaluing of nature, community and care. Many of the social,...
‘Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis’ by Nancy Fraser – Book Review
Apr 22, 2021 | Blog
Publisher: Verso Books (2013) Review by Kath Deakin “Feminist theory tends to follow the zeitgeist.” (Fraser 2013, page 167) In her 2013 book Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis, Professor Nancy Fraser guides us through the twists...
ONS Labour Market Statistics (April 2021)
Apr 21, 2021 | Blog
We analyse the latest ONS data on the changes to the labour market for the latest three months to February 2021 from a gender perspective. Read our short note on what we found for the Labour Market data for April 2021. Read our short note in large print. Key figures:...
A Minimum Income Guarantee – income security for women?
Apr 6, 2021 | Blog
A Minimum Income Guarantee – income security for women? Experiences of poverty and destitution during the COVID-19 crisis have prompted demands for improved social security provision. One type of proposal is a Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG). Some MIG ideas have...
Why a Green New Deal Must be Feminist
Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
Prior to COVID-19 the plans of a Green New Deal (GND) included a set of policy plans, which at its most ambitious, envisioned a completely decarbonised economy. Whilst this is still at the forefront of the GND plans, moving forward there has been a strong focus to...