Women lose out under Universal Credit proposals
Monday, June 13th, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Benefits, Equality, Gender, Welfare reform | No Comments »This post first appeared on Left Foot Forward. In legislating to pay benefits in a single, household-level payment, the government risks harming children’s well-being, reducing gender equality, and increasing vulnerability to financial abuse. Universal Credit aims to consolidate a range ...
‘Exploring BME Maternal Poverty’ – post-launch follow up
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 by Sophie Fosker Posted in Gender, Livelihoods | No Comments »In January Oxfam’s UK Poverty Programme launched a report 'Exploring BME Maternal Poverty' in Newcastle with local partners the Angelou Centre - a BME women's organisation. We asked all participants at the event to pledge to take action on issues raised ...
A look at the headlines – can you identify the winners and the losers in today’s papers?
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 by Kate Kewley Posted in Cuts, Fairness, Gender, Homelessness, Inequality, UK poverty, Unemployment, Violence against Women | 1 Comment »Bankers, average UK households, young workers, Bob Diamond, the global poor, BarclaysCapital and service providers for vulnerable women. What do they have in common? Well, apart from the fact that they all feature in today’s news headlines the answer would appear ...
Looking at destitution through a gendered lens
Friday, February 11th, 2011 by Sue Smith Posted in Asylum-seekers, Gender, Refugees, Violence against Women | No Comments »Coping with Destitution paints a heartbreaking picture of the reality of destitution for asylum seekers, and at the heart of the report is another narrative - about men and women. Destitution looks different, and means different livelihood strategies, for the ...
‘Exploring BME Maternal Poverty’ – new research launch tomorrow, 27th January
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Child poverty, Gender, UK poverty | 1 Comment »Working together with partner the Angelou Centre, Oxfam’s UK Poverty Programme will tomorrow publish the findings of a new research project on maternal poverty among black and ethnic minority women. Measuring poverty within households, the report provides an insight into ...
Women and welfare sanctions: caught between a rock and a hard place
Thursday, November 18th, 2010 by Ruth Barnes Posted in Child poverty, Equality, Gender, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 1 Comment »The government white paper ‘Universal credit: welfare that works’ was widely criticised by anti-poverty organisations last week. Under the new proposals, people who refuse to accept work which the job centre deem as ‘reasonable’, will be made to carry out ...
