Violence Against Women And Girls Filter by -- All Categories -- AnalysisBlogEventsFGND BlogNewsResources -- All Topics -- AusterityAutumn Budget 2021BrexitBudgetCampaignDebtEarly Education And ChildcareEducationElectionEmploymentFeminist EconomicsFinancial AbuseFundingGender BudgetingGender EqualityHousingHuman RightsPayPensionsPovertyPublic ServicesPublic TransportSavingsScotlandSelf EmploymentSocial CareSocial InfrastructureSocial SecuritySpring Budget 2022TaxationTradeUniversal CreditVAWGViolence Against Women And GirlsWomen's Sectoris_archive Sort by Most Recent Oldest First A-Z Z-A Past Events Blog Austerity is Gender-based Violence UK Policy Briefings Spring Budget 2022: Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Press Releases WBG Response to 2021 Spending Review and Autumn Budget: Papering over the cracks rather than the transformative rebuilding needed UK Policy Briefings 2020 WBG Briefing: Violence against women and girls (VAWG) March 2020 Press Releases 32 Women’s and Equality Organisations launch a ‘Manifesto for Women and Girls’ UK Policy Briefings WBG response to the Queen’s speech – October 2019 Reports Housing for Women in Coventry Press Releases Report Launch: Housing for Women in Coventry New data from our report shows that in Coventry, property prices are 8.5 times women’s median salary, only 5.6 times men’s median salary. Reports A Home of Her Own: Housing and Women Blog “The gap between vision and reality is huge”: How social security is failing women across the 4 nations Reports Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations Press Releases Report launch: Government’s commitments in Domestic Abuse Bill undermined by the social security system 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. Events 12.06.2019 Report launch: Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, 1 Parliament St, London SW1A 2JR, 5-6pm 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 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. Events 08.03.2019 RESCHEDULED: Coventry Report Launch: Funding for the Women’s Sector Lord Mayor's Hospitality Suite, Coventry City Council, CV1 5RR Coventry Reports Life-Changing & Life-Saving: Funding for the women’s sector December 2018 Events 12.12.2018 Report Launch: Life-Changing & Life-Saving: Funding for the women’s sector Jubilee Room, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA UK Policy Briefings 2018 WBG Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls October 2018 Press Releases ‘Universal Credit risks increasing women’s vulnerability to abuse’ 12th September 2018 Reports Universal Credit and financial abuse: exploring the links June 2018 Events 12.09.2018 How might Universal Credit increase the risk of financial abuse? House of Commons, Committee Room 12, 3.00pm – 4.30pm Consultation Responses Universal Credit and Domestic Abuse Inquiry Submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee (May 2018) UK Policy Briefings Autumn Budget 2017: Pre-Budget Briefings Ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget, the UK Women’s Budget Group have written a series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas. UK Policy Briefings 2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Violence Against Women and Girls Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017. Blog Plan F: Our General Election Manifesto Response Events 22.05.2017 The General Election Women’s Hustings Monday 22 May, Chartered Insurance Institute, London, 6pm – 8pm UK Policy Briefings Violence Against Women and Girls: 2017 Spring Budget briefing Ahead of the 2017 Spring Budget, WBG produced a background briefing on the key policy issues impacting Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Blog Scottish Government commits to splitting payments of Universal Credit
