May 21, 2023 | Policy Commons Blog
By Jennifer Curtin, Komathi Kolandai, Oluwakemi Igiebor, Suzy Morrissey, and Victoria Woodman All the pre-budget talk of “bread and butter”, “no frills”, targeting and reprioritisation came with a sense of foreboding. History and research tell us that budgets in...
May 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
The Budget’s investment in physical infrastructure is necessary for economic recovery, but it must be recognised that the number of women in those jobs is much lower than in social infrastructure like heath services and education. The Government should consider...
Jun 1, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
By Jennifer Curtin and Suzy Morrissey – The University of Auckland’s Jennifer Curtin and Suzy Morrissey discuss how gender differences might impact the Government’s budget priorities The Wellbeing Budget is a new initiative for New Zealand. However, asking...
May 8, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog, Policy Pod
‘Holding Government to Account on Gender Equality: The experience of the UK Women’s Budget Group’ Since 1989, the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG), a group of academics, activists and trade unionists, has tried to hold successive UK governments to account for the gender...
