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General Election 2024
This page is dedicated to all our content related to the General Election 2024, including a new series of briefings across a range of topics.
Our impact
We advance gender equality in policymaking through feminist approaches to economics.
- 70
- times in the past year, our work was referenced in Parliament.
- 61
- workshops were run by our Local Data Project in this past year.
- 155
- times in the past year, our work was mentioned in the media.
We put feminism into economics and economics into feminism.
We are a feminist think tank that raises awareness of and provides evidence for a gender equal economy - acting as a link between academia, the women’s voluntary sector and progressive economics think tanks.
Read more about what we doOur latest research
UK Policy Briefing
Housing and Gender: Briefing for a new government
This briefing provides a gender analysis of the housing situation and housing policy in the UK.
UK Policy Briefing
Climate and gender: Briefing for a new government
This briefing sets out the disproportionate impact of the climate emergency on women and how we can move towards a green and caring economy.
UK Policy Briefing
Trade and investment: Briefing for a new government
This briefing looks at the effects of domestic trade policies and international trade agreements, including on labour rights and public services.
Upcoming training and events
Training
FIND Training (July)
Join us for an interactive session looking at feminist data and the cost of living in your local area. Join one session or all three.
Our latest blogs
Blog Post
Man-made climate change is short-changing women
A blog about the impacts of climate change on women and the opportunities in tackling it
Blog Post
Why do fiscal rules matter?
Feminist economist Professor Susan Himmelweit explains fiscal rules and why they matter for women in particular
Blog Post
Why do we tolerate this? Reflections on Pension Inequality
Dr Naomi Elster shares her reflections from our Spring Conference and explores the link between closing the gender pay gap and the gender pensions gap
Blog Post
Five moments that shaped the history of the Women’s Budget Group
This month we launched the WBG history of the first 30 years. In this blog post, Erika Watson takes us through 5 key moments in WBG’s history to date.
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