The Impact of Austerity on Women

19 MARCH 2012

In this briefing you will find:

An analysis on how the cumulative effect of fiscal measures taken to reduce net public spending, brought in after June 2010, will have a disproportionate effect on women
Research on how individual measures will affect specific groups of women, as well as broader analysis about how the whole package brought together will affect the status of women’s economic equality in the UK over time
Observations regarding the cumulative impact on women’s equality of measures within the austerity package and recommendations for the Chancellor to include in the 2012 budget

Link to the Report: The Impact of Austerity on Women

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