Based on Welfare That Works for Women? by Kate Andersen, this policy briefing is particularly relevant at the current time, given that the UK government has recently further expanded welfare conditionality with the aim of increasing moves into paid work.
This briefing for policy makers offers practical recommendations for improving women’s position in the paid labour market and for promoting the value of unpaid care and increasing their agency, so that the UK social security system is more inclusive of them
Welfare That Works for Women? by Kate Andersen is available on the Policy Press website. Pre-order here for £27.99.
You can also find Promoting fairness? Exploring the gendered impacts of the benefit cap and the two-child limit by Kate Andersen for the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice here.
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