A big Swahili welcome for the Big Society
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 by Lisa Glass Posted in asylum Seekers, gender, refugees, voluntary work | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_1061" align="alignright" width="184" caption="Therese at an international GenderWorks conference with Oxfam in Brussels earlier this year"][/caption] As David Cameron’s idea for the Big Society meets more discussion we look to see the public sector gaps already filled by community groups. ...
Violence against women is still on the rise
Friday, August 6th, 2010 by Elisabeth Fischer Posted in Crime, Violence against Women, equality, gender | 2 Comments »When the Home Office published its latest British Crime Survey in July this year, everyone was dazzled by the surprisingly good-looking figures. Crime went down by 43% since 1997, and fell by 9% last year to its lowest level since ...
Our nation in a state?
Friday, June 4th, 2010 by Sue Smith Posted in Inequality, Welfare reform, attitudes, equality, gender | 1 Comment »The ‘State of the nation report’ published last week by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a long overdue attempt by the government itself to layout the full dimensions of poverty in the UK. The department says it ...
Girls on top?
Sunday, May 30th, 2010 by Sue Smith Posted in attitudes, equality, gender, livelihoods | 1 Comment »It is not the case that women’s jobs have not been hit by the recession, as Fraser Nelson of the Spectator’s article of 27 May suggests. Oxfam’s recent report an Invisible Crisis shows that the problem is an underreporting of ...
The invisible crisis: Can’t see or won’t see?
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 by Sue Smith Posted in attitudes, equality, gender, livelihoods, migrants | 2 Comments »The economy continues to dominate voters’ concerns and politicians’ in trays. Recession has further blighted life for millions of people, already on low incomes for many years. Groups that suffered before the recession are now suffering more. This is often ...
A ‘Robin Hood’ Budget
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 by Ben Morgan Posted in Inequality, Welfare reform, child poverty, equality, fuel poverty, gender, labourrights, livelihoods | 2 Comments »The Chancellor Alistair Darling has said there will be "no giveaways" in tomorrow's budget. He has intimated caution despite the surprise likelihood that tax receipts will be higher than the same month last year, excelling the expectations set out in ...
