Open Letter
Cuts to Social Security for Disabled Women
Together with other women's organisations, we've written to the Chancellor to express concerns about cuts to disability benefits
Our impact
We advance gender equality in policymaking through feminist approaches to economics.
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- workshops were run by our Local Data Project in this past year.
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- 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
Gender and Social Security as a Human Right
This briefing examines a human rights approach to social security for women in the UK and is in collaboration with Amnesty International UK.
Consultation Response
Our submission to the APPG on Poverty and Inequality
WBG’s Submission to APPG on Poverty and Inequality Inquiry into the Disproportionate Impact of Poverty and Inequality on Disabled People
UK Budget Assessment
WBG’s response to the Spring Statement 2025
WBG’s alternative feminist response to a changing world
Consultation Response
WBG response to Ministry of Justice’s Consultation on Civil legal aid
Proposed changes to civil legal aid must be assessed through a gender equality lens
Our latest blogs
Blog Post
Against the pushback: Finding hope and solidarity at CSW69
WBG's Viktoria Szczypior shares her reflections from the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN headquarters in NYC.
Blog Post
Understanding Women’s Work in the UK: Addressing Gender Data Gaps
New research shows that official labour market figures underestimate women’s contribution to the UK economy.
Blog Post
Breaking the 9-5: How a four-day week and flexible working can promote gender equality
In this blog post, Nasreen Gordon, paid intern at the WBG, makes the feminist case for a shorter working week and flexible working.
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A Shrinking Population or a Broken System? The Fertility Debate Reexamined
In this guest blog, Hanna Dooley takes a look at the current fertility debate and argues for a feminist approach.
Recent press releases
Press Release
WBG immediate response to the Spring Statement 2025
Government’s own analysis shows largest group to be hit by disability benefit cuts are single women, highlights Women’s Budget Group
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WBG response to Government Changes to Disability Benefit
£5bn in Disability Benefit Cuts: A Step Backwards for Disabled People and Carers, WBG warns
Press Release
Government must prioritise gender equality and restore a dedicated Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
Women's voices must be heard and their interests represented at the heart of government
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WBG responds to UK Statistics Assembly Report
We welcome recommendations made by the report but have concerns about the UK Statistics Authority scaling up administrative data sources
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