TUC Equality Deficit Conference

19 Nov 2011

Women and the cuts

The Equality Deficit conference held at the TUC in London 16th November highlighted how the UK public spending cuts are hitting the most vulnerable. Welfare reform, reduced educational opportunities, cuts to advice services and legal support, and the reorganisation and contracting out of public services all threaten the future of equality. You can see highlights of the conference here. The conference highlighted the impact of the cuts on different groups and how they are fighting back. Women and the cutsA very useful toolkit "Women and the Cuts - How to carry out a human rights and equality impact assessment of the spending cuts on women" was launched on the day