Aims and Objectives

The WBG brings together feminist economists, researchers, policy experts and activists to work towards our vision of a gender equal society in which women's financial independence gives them greater autonomy at work, home, and in civil society. We work towards this by:

• developing analysis and leading debate on:
  • the gender implications of economic policy
  • the social dimensions of economic policy
  • incorporating a consideration of the unpaid economy into economic policy
  • how economic policy might free women and men from stereotypes
• raising awareness and expanding understanding within the UK Ministry of Finance and other policy makers and opinion formers on the gender implications of economic policy
• promoting, encouraging and enabling the use of gender mainstreaming and in particular gender budget analysis
• contributing to and learning from international learning and progress on the applicaion of gender budget analysis

Our two main activities are:

• collating expertise from a range of individuals and organisations in order to influence and inform government policy (see Reports and Responses)
• working with Her Majesty's Treasury to develop a gender budget for the UK (see Gender Budget Analysis)