Blog Post
A recording of our event with the Independent Expert on foreign debt & human rights
“A clear and strong message from this work and from my report is: Austerity hits women harder. I would go further and say that austerity is the result of a ‘macho’ economic culture.”
On 4 December we hosted a meeting with the UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, to discuss the findings and recommendations of his report looking at the links and impact of economic reforms and austerity measures specifically on women’s human rights. Juan was joined by a panel of experts who provided a picture of the impact austerity has had on women from their own contexts; England, Asia-Pacific and Scotland, respectively. A video recording of the panel can be viewed below.
Copies of the panellists remarks can also be viewed by clicking on their names.
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights
Professor Diane Elson, UK Women’s Budget Group
Dr Angela O’Hagan, Chair, Equality Budget Advisory Group for Scottish Government
Misun Woo, Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
Together with Tax Justice UK and Patriotic Millionaires UK we are calling on the Government and opposition parties to adopt wealth taxes.
A new briefing launched today by the UK Women’s Budget Group (March, 2016)
The WBG and Scottish WBG launched Plan F, a feminist economic strategy for a caring and sustainable economy.
A report by the Women's Budget Group