Briefings

End Salary History - Equal Pay Day 2021 briefing

This briefing forms part of our Equal Pay Day 2021 campaign and explores why ending salary history questions has a significant and positive effect on closing pay gaps. Read more

Coronavirus: Impact on young people

This briefing looks at how the coronavirus outbreak impacted young people. It sets out the experiences of young people during 2021. It comprises analysis of data from a survey of 1,026 adults in the UK aged 18 to 30 conducted in early June. Read more

Coronavirus: Impact on Young Women on Low Income

This briefing looks at how the coronavirus outbreak impacted women on lower incomes. It sets out the experiences of young people during 2021. It comprises analysis of data from a survey of 1,026 adults in the UK aged 18 to 30 conducted in early June. Read more

One year on: Women reflect on the Government's response to Covid-19

New research shows that less than four in ten women in the UK believe the Government is focusing on issues that matter most to them in its response to the pandemic – this compares to 50% of men. The briefing is published jointly with UK Women's Budget Group, Engender and Close the Gap (Scotland), Women Equality Network Wales, and Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group (NIWBG). Read more

Greater Manchester Mayoral Election: Women and Girls Manifesto

Read our calls for Greater Manchester Mayoral candidates to commit to gender equality. Read more

Disabled mothers three times more likely to have lost work during the pandemic

New research published today by leading gender equality organisations, the Fawcett Society, The UK Women’s Budget Group, Engender and Close the Gap (Scotland), Women Equality Network Wales, and Northern Ireland Women’s Budget Group (NIWBG), shows that the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to amplify disadvantages experienced by disabled parents and the Government must take decisive action to tackle this. Read more

Pushed to More Precarity: The uneven impact of lockdowns on mothers and lower-income parents

Read the latest briefing about how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting parents. Read more

West Midlands Mayoral Election: Women and Girls Manifesto

Read our calls for West Midlands Mayoral candidates to commit to gender equality. Read more

Coronavirus: Impact on parents

This briefing published jointly with Women's Budget Group, Queen Mary University of London and the London School of Economics, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting parents. Read more

Disabled women and Covid-19

Disabled people have been impacted on multiple fronts by the outbreak, this briefing looks at survey data on some of the intersecting impacts with gender: Read more

Coronavirus: impact on BAME women

New data reveals 'crisis of support' and additional pressure on BAME women during lockdown. Read more

Exiting Lockdown: The Impact on Women

In this report Fawcett sets out the impact of easing lockdown on women and girls and calls for action from Government to ensure they are not left behind. Read more