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Listen to our Executive Director, Dr Daniella Jenkins on @neverthelessshe.bsky.social @resonancefm.bsky.social discussing the gender pension gap and how the pensions system needs to be reformed to be more progressive. You can listen the whole interview here www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/ne...

We are back on @resonancefm.bsky.social tonight at 7pm and we will be focusing on women and pensions with a true expert on the topic - Dr Daniela Jenkins - Executive Director at @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social . What is the gender pensions gap and how do we address it? Life altering stuff

The national minimum and living wage are going up – but so are bills! The UK national minimum wage and national living wage increase from today, 1st April. Dr Daniella Jenkins, Executive Director at the Women’s Budget Group, said: “Today’s rise in the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage…

Tune in tonight at 7pm as our Executive Director, Dr Daniella Jenkins, will be live on @neverthelessshe.bsky.social discussing women, economy and the workplace. www.resonancefm.com/programmes

Join us and @youngwomenstrust.bsky.social for a webinar to launch our new report on young women and multiple jobholding. Join us for an insightful discussion on the realities of young women’s working lives. Tue 14th April at 12.00-13.30 on zoom. Book your ticket! www.wbg.org.uk/event/when-o...

This is good news for low-paid workers - particularly women, who are twice as likely as men to be in low-paid work. But while this should be an important boost at a time when every pound counts, the reality is that for too many women, any relief is likely to be short-lived.

Want to learn more about the intersection of gender and economy? We’ve just updated our key briefings covering women’s pensions, social security, early education and childcare, local government, and more.

🚨Breaking 🚨 We are one of 40 UK orgs & unions urging the PM and Chancellor to tax excess profits of energy, banking and defence sectors - set for bumper paydays from the US-Israeli war on Iran - to help with the cost of living pressures. Read the open letter at taxjustice.uk/IranWar

The working conditions of the early years workforce are the learning conditions of our children. Today we’re introducing our Model for Change, part of the Building the Early Education Workforce in England programme with the @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Did you know that more than 1.5 million children under five live in areas with three or more children for every available childcare place? Availability of childcare is a major challenge across England.

Many young women are juggling more than one job, but this reality is often hidden. Join us to launch our new report with @unibirmingham.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and @youngwomenstrust.bsky.social to explore what’s driving this trend.

The latest World Inequality Report highlights once again how deeply entrenched gender inequality is across the world - and how the unequal division of unpaid care work lies at the heart of it: Women continue to work more hours than men, yet earn less and own less. wir2026.wid.world/download/

Did you know that the gender wealth gap in the UK stood at 21%? It's higher than the gender pay gap that's 13%.

Women make up the majority of pensioners in the UK - and 57% of pensioners in poverty are women. Read the article by @cspa-uk.bsky.social to understand why women face growing pension inequality. www.cspa.co.uk/news/women-f...

🚨 CARE International UK responds to Government aid allocations. Full statement on our website: https://careint.uk/3Pt6xpi #Aid #UKGovernment #Budget #AidCuts #Women

Take part! @royalstatsoc.bsky.social has launched an interactive tool, the Poverty Data Gaps, designed to help you to explore, filter and contribute to a shared picture of the key gaps. rss.org.uk/news-publica...

Access to good data is essential for advocacy and grassroots organisations — but it’s often hard to find or doesn’t reflect lived experience. We worked with the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social and @jrf-uk.bsky.social to explore how better collaboration can close these gaps. rss.org.uk/news-publica...

We’re disappointed to see UK Government cuts to the overseas development budget. Global funding is a lifeline for women and girls facing poverty, conflict and violence. It plays a vital role in advancing gender justice worldwide. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Jon us at Business and Professional Women UK’s Annual Conference on 28 March to discuss the urgent need for affordable and accessible early education and childcare provision. We look forward to joining advocates and leaders to push for policy change that works for women, families and children.

A huge thank you to Seema Malhotra MP for standing up for children and families by calling for an end to the two child limit. Ending this policy will lift 450,000 children out of relative poverty and create a fairer future. 💜 #ChildPoverty

Closing tomorrow! We’re recruiting for a Head of Research and Policy (mat cover). For more info and apply 👇 www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/women-s...

Great to see our work on housing inequality quoted here by WBG policy advisor Becky Tunstall. As Becky says, "Women – like all people – should have access to good quality, secure, affordable housing, whether they’re in a relationship or not." graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-...

New blog! The Traveller Movement's Annalise Corcoran explains how structural barriers and data gaps leave women from Traveller communities at a disadvantage. Read more on why women in Traveller communities face huge disadvantages. 👇 www.wbg.org.uk/article/its-...

Women are still the majority of workers in low paid or precarious work in our economy - making up 77% of those on low weekly pay. They have the most to benefit from new workers’ rights laws, especially from new day one rights to sick pay.

“The issue here is not flexible work. The lack of access to it in senior, well-paid roles is." Our deputy director Dr Sara Reis explains how restricting flexible working would only make it harder for women to stay in work. The real challenge is ensuring flexibility across all levels of seniority.

Join our team! We’re recruiting for a Head of Research and Policy (maternity cover). 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?

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. Read our new blog! www.wbg.org.uk/article/the-...

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. Take our quiz to see how much you know about women & girls' rights today: careint.uk/4l1qOxT

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.

We've responded to the ONS' first consultation round on the 2031 census together with the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership. www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...

Join our team! We’re recruiting for a Head of Research and Policy (maternity cover). 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…

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.

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

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.

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 flickread.com/edition/html...

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.

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.

We’re recruiting for a Head of Research and Policy (mat cover) 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? www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/women-s...

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:

Inflation coming down today from 3.4% to 3% is certainly good news - but prices are still rising and they are much higher than they were a few years ago. As the ‘shock absorbers of poverty’, rising food prices hit women first and worst.

Great to be featured in this piece on the gender pensions gap. The UK has the second worst gender pensions gap in the OECD. It's clear that the current pensions system is dysfunctional and does not work for the majority of pensioners, who are women. www.sundaypost.com/fp/pensions-...

Today the ONS published its latest unemployment figures. Our new briefing shows women’s employment has rebounded since the pandemic, now at a record high in absolute terms. But beneath that headline, gender inequalities in the labour market persist. Read more here: www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...

When we published our Feminist Green New Deal in 2022, we made a clear call: democratise ownership of our energy system. Since then, the cost-of-living crisis has deepened, with soaring energy bills at its heart. The Local Power Plan is a major step forward toward fairer, community-owned energy.