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Celebrating a feminist foremother
We feel it is important to celebrate our history and those who have helped make it.
Recently, at the end of July, we lost an outstanding feminist – Anne Hepburn. Anne died just short of her 91st birthday. She was a woman of faith which she combined with a lifelong commitment to feminism. Throughout her life she campaigned and advocated for equality, peace and justice, challenging discrimination wherever she saw it, without fear or favour.
Engender pays tribute to Professor Ailsa McKay: feminist economist, sister, and friend
The Engender staff and board are sad to have lost a sister, friend, and inspirational feminist economist in Professor Ailsa McKay.
Ailsa had a profound effect on the community of women in Scotland who work for gender equality. She founded the Scottish Women’s Budget Group, which campaigned for a gender budget analysis of the Scottish Budget. She established the Women in Scotland’s Economy Research Centre at Glasgow Caledonian University. She was an internationally acclaimed academic, who convened conferences in Glasgow that brought together the finest feminist economists in the world.
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Engender Briefing: Pension Credit Entitlement Changes
From 15 May 2019, new changes will be introduced which will require couples where one partner has reached state pension age and one has not (‘mixed age couples’) to claim universal credit (UC) instead of Pension Credit.
Engender Parliamentary Briefing: Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism
Engender welcomes this Scottish Parliament Debate on Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism and the opportunity to raise awareness of the ways in which women in Scotland’s inequality contributes to gender-based violence.
Gender Matters in Social Security: Individual Payments of Universal Credit
A paper calling on the Scottish Government to automatically split payments of Universal Credit between couples, once this power is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
Gender Matters Manifesto: Twenty for 2016
This manifesto sets out measures that, with political will, can be taken over the next parliamentary term in pursuit of these goals.
Scottish NGO Briefing for UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Joint briefing paper for the UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
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