31 min
11 - A gender equal economy with Marion Sharples The Feminist Finance Podcast
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- Investing
Marion Sharples is leading an exciting new project for the Women's Budget Group envisaging a gender-equal economy for the UK. Having collected women's inputs from across the UK, Marion joins us to explain why care must be at the centre of our economic future.
Marion makes a strong case for government investment in care, as well as the need for care work to take centre place in bold new proposals for our economy - including plans for a Feminist Green New Deal.
Find out more about the Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy here: wbg.org.uk/commission/
See this short video on the spirals of inequality related to care: https://vimeo.com/409866367
And find out why we need a feminist green new deal: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/its-time-to-talk-about-a-feminist-green-new-deal/
Marion Sharples is leading an exciting new project for the Women's Budget Group envisaging a gender-equal economy for the UK. Having collected women's inputs from across the UK, Marion joins us to explain why care must be at the centre of our economic future.
Marion makes a strong case for government investment in care, as well as the need for care work to take centre place in bold new proposals for our economy - including plans for a Feminist Green New Deal.
Find out more about the Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy here: wbg.org.uk/commission/
See this short video on the spirals of inequality related to care: https://vimeo.com/409866367
And find out why we need a feminist green new deal: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/its-time-to-talk-about-a-feminist-green-new-deal/
31 min