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2018 WBG Briefing: Trade and Investment
Ahead of the 2018 Autumn Budget, we’ve put together a briefing on the gender implications of future trade deals after the UK leaves the EU.
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2017 Pre-Budget Briefing: Brexit
Our series of briefings on the gender impact of policy in 12 distinct areas ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017.
Background
The economic impact of Brexit is likely to be damaging to women. This is because Brexit is likely to have a detrimental impact on GDP.
But there will be specific impacts on women as workers, as users of public services and as consumers due to women’s and men’s different economic positions, roles in fulfilling caring responsibilities and power.
Read the full Pre-Budget Briefing on Brexit here.
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