Why are migrant women invisible in data?
While migration is deeply gendered, national data often reduces complex lives to "overly simple categories." From housing to healthcare, if you aren't counted, you don't count in policy planning.
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How much do you really know about women and girls' rights around the world?
#InternationalWomensDay is fast approaching and we're reminded that progress made on this day in history is now under threat.
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These gendered inequalities don’t exist in isolation. They intersect with inequalities related to class, race, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, creating even greater barriers to access, treatment and outcomes for many groups of women.
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Women often experience different health conditions, use services differently, and are more likely to work in health and social care—meaning they feel the impact of system pressures first and hardest.
NHS pressures are widening health inequalities for women.
Women make up the majority of the NHS workforce and its patients, so underfunding and system strain have deeply gendered consequences.
Our submission draws on our joint research which includes workshops across the four nations with 170 participants from local government, civil society, and the public and private sectors.
We've responded to the ONS' first consultation round on the 2031 census together with the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership.
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Are you a feminist with a good knowledge of the main economic issues affecting women? Do you have great research skills, experience on policy, project management and people management skills?
"Now is the time for the chancellor to lay the groundwork for reforming the government’s fiscal framework to strengthen our social infrastructure and economy in the long term, and shore up our resilience to such external shocks."
- our Executive Director Dr Daniella Jenkins in @bigissue.com
Global events have increased the urgency to invest in our economy’s foundations, says Women’s Budget Group
“The real barriers to the level of investment needed are a fiscal framework that is not fit for purpose.” Dr Daniella Jenkins responds to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Forecast. The…
Now is the time to reform the fiscal framework and invest in social infrastructure to build long-term resilience.
Underinvestment isn’t gender-neutral — women pay through lost earnings, poorer health and unpaid labour.
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Dr Daniella Jenkins responded to today’s Spring Forecast
There’s a disconnect between slightly better economic indicators and how people actually feel about their living standards. Rising oil and gas prices risk pushing up inflation and everyday costs.
Keeping her promise to stick to one fiscal event per year, the Chancellor's Spring Forecast later today will likely not include any new big announcements.
Still, we’ll be tuning in and watching Rachel Reeves’ speech - so keep your eyes peeled for our response this afternoon.
The current fiscal framework fuels a vicious cycle of short-term fixes, and trapped us in a permanent debate about how to plug a fiscal gap instead of how to meet the country’s needs. It's time to re-think this approach.
Great to be part of this coalition calling to review the OBR's brief to unlock much-needed investment.
Under-investment in public services is not gender-neutral. Women’s unpaid work compensates for the govt’s failure to invest in social infrastructure, and they pay with their own financial security
Before academia, she worked across the public and financial sectors, driving meaningful policy change.
Alongside her professional work, she brings lived experience as a carer, parent and advocate for women’s pensions.
We’re excited for this next chapter.
We’re delighted to welcome Dr Daniella Jenkins as our new Executive Director, starting today.
Daniella joins us from the University of Bristol, where she led innovative work at the intersection of feminism, economic policy and design.
We’ve signed a joint statement from Project Resist and Flilia opposing the latest immigration proposals on settlement rights.
If enacted, it will have a terrifying impact on the poorest and most vulnerable migrants, particularly women.
What are fiscal rules? Why do they matter? And how could they be rethought to better serve a caring economy? If you're interested in better understanding these questions - read our report here: www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...
Underinvestment in our social infrastructure, our health, care and education systems, is not gender-neutral - it entrenches inequality.
The current fiscal rules are holding Britain back and need to change.
How? More in the latest @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social issue
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A stronger social care system would improve health and wellbeing for both carers and people needing care and strengthen our economy.
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We urgently need investment in high quality, universal care services, better pay and conditions for care workers, and real support for unpaid carers — so that caring is a choice, not a burden.
Our social care system is in crisis — and women are paying the highest price.
Rising care needs, chronic underfunding and a reliance on unpaid carers are pushing more people into poverty, ill health and economic inactivity.
Though women’s employment is now at a record high in absolute terms, beneath that headline, deep gender inequalities in the labour market persist. Read more here: www.wbg.org.uk/article/beyo...
Measures to end exploitative zero-hours contracts cannot come soon enough. This shows once again that women, who make up more than half of those on zero-hours contracts, stand to benefit the most from the provisions to guaranteed hours under the Employment Rights Act. They must be delivered in full.
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Worrying data from @workfoundation.bsky.social
Remote working plays a critical role in enabling Disabled people to be in work, progress their careers and importantly maintain their financial independence. This is particularly critical for women who are more likely to be disabled and to be carers.
Addressing the climate crisis is a question of equality as much as an environmental one.
To explore the detailed roadmap for a green and caring economy, you can read our full briefing on Climate and Gender.
UK parental leave policy is built on an outdated model that assumes mothers care and fathers earn. It doesn’t encourage shared care, and it reinforces gender inequality. The Govt's parental leave review is an opportunity to reset the system and ensure it works for all parents. Read more here:
