The Impact of Unpaid Care on Economic Equality
with Dr Mary Ann Stephenson
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On today's episode we are joined by Dr Mary Ann Stephenson — we are so excited to hear from her. She has a PhD in Law, and currently works for the Women’s Budget Group. She has worked as a freelance consultant specialising in women’s equality and human rights and is currently a trustee of Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre and of Just Fair. Basically, she’s brilliant.
Dr Mary Ann Stephenson
The UK Women’s Budget Group is the UK’s leading feminist economics think tank that provides evidence and capacity building on women’s economic position and that proposes policy alternatives for a gender-equal economy. They put feminism into economics and economics into feminism.
Texts Discussed
Women’s Budget Group, 2018, Universal Credit and Financial Abuse
The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) scrutinises government policy from a gender perspective, and has been concerned about the gender implications of Universal Credit (UC) since its introduction. This report highlights one aspect of the intersection between UC and financial abuse – the single payment.
Womens’s Budget Group, 2019, A Home of Her Own
Housing is one of the most urgent public policy issues in the UK . Our housing system is in crisis and the causes and impacts of that crisis are gendered. The report A home of her own, women and housing shows that housing is unaffordable for women in every English region.