Our strategy

Summary

Our vision is of a gender-equal society.

Our mission is to advance gender equality in policymaking through feminist approaches to economics.

In the long term, we want to see:

• Women enjoying substantive equality and economic independence, and economic, social and policy structures that allow everyone to lead prosperous, healthy and safe lives.
• Care work recognised as an essential part of life and the economy. It is provided to a high standard to all those who need it, redistributed between families and society fairly, and between women and men equally.
• A green and caring economy that has wellbeing as its key goal.
• A solid commitment by the UK government to fund these economic changes through  progressive taxation and borrowing levels based on need, rather than arbitrary fiscal rules.
• Government bodies in the UK and abroad adopting gender responsive budgeting (GRB) and other feminist policymaking tools.
• A growing number of diverse feminist organisations, in the UK and abroad, regularly participating in economic debates and policymaking
• Mainstream economic think tanks, policymakers and media outlets adopting feminist approaches.

In the short to medium term, we want to see:

• A gender-sensitive just and green transition, recognising  care sectors as key to achieving the wellbeing and sustainability of planet and people.
• A move to early years & childcare and adult social care systems that are free / affordable, high quality, universal and comprehensive.
• A workable system of maternity, paternity, and parental leave in the UK that encourages parents to share care.
• Plans to revise the UK social security system according to feminist principles.
• A growing number of diverse feminist organisations, in the UK and abroad, regularly participating in economic debates and policymaking.
• Mainstream economic think tanks adopting feminist approaches.
• A growing number of public bodies in England and in partner countries developing gender-inclusive processes and using feminist tools in policymaking.

Our full strategy sets out our short and long term aims under the four pillars of our work: