New report reveals huge racial disparities in income for ethnic minority women
The intersection of poverty, race and gender means that austerity policies are leading to a dramatic fall in the standard of living of many BME women.
UK Policy Briefing
WBG and EVAW 2018 briefing on Universal Credit and financial abuse.
The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) scrutinises government policy from a gender perspective, and has been concerned about the gender implications of Universal Credit (UC) since its introduction 1 . This report highlights one aspect of the intersection between UC and financial abuse – the single payment.
UC contains other features which have implications for gender equality and for survivors of domestic abuse; for example:
There are also wider social security issues affecting women and affecting domestic abuse survivors, outlined in section 9. Whilst this report focuses on the UC single payment specifically, the WBG is equally concerned about these wider issues and will be publishing material on them in the future.
View / download the report here.
View / download the executive summary here
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Johnson, C, Joyce, L, Tu, T, Keillich, G, Hynds C and Greevy, H (2017) Universal Credit Test and Learn Evaluation: Families. DWP research report 944 Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644028/summary-research-into-families-claiming-universal-credit.pdf
WBG (2005) Women’s and children’s poverty: making the links. Available at: http://www.eif.gov.cy/mlsi/dl/genderequality.nsf/0/12D2A22FAC60DA74C22579A6002D950A/$file/wbg.org.uk_womens_and_childrens_poverty.pdf
Fawcett Society (2015) Where’s the Benefit? An independent inquiry into Women and Jobseekers Allowance. Available at: https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=690d472a-38ff-464d-a62f-12488a29ca4a
The intersection of poverty, race and gender means that austerity policies are leading to a dramatic fall in the standard of living of many BME women.
New research shows Universal Credit failing the ‘just about managing’: with women and BME households hardest hit.
A new report from WBG and the Runnymede Trust looks at the impact of austerity on BME women
The Women’s Budget Group are pleased to have submitted the following responses to the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum.