Friday, December 9, 2022
Mothers reliant on state support have long been the subject of moral judgements about their deservingness. In 21st Century Britain, after over a decade of austerity and unprecedented welfare reform, exploring how mothers experience and resist the...
Monday, February 8, 2021
“The UK has in place one of the least generous social security systems in the developed world” warns report titled: A Family Stimulus: Supporting children, families and the economy through the pandemic recently released by Institute for Public Policy...
Monday, November 30, 2020
The supports to which new mothers - and fathers - are entitled lag far behind the realities of life in 21st century Ireland, writes Elaine Loughlin. Work practices and family life have changed drastically in recent years but maternity leave has...
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Europe, Estonia, Ireland, United Kingdom, Oceania, Australia
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
According to research by Women’s Aid, one in five women interviewed said they couldn’t leave an abusive relationship because they had no money of their own, and the same number said financial abuse had left them unable to manage money. Meanwhile,...
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Friday, January 17, 2020
Hours after Imran Khan claimed victory in Pakistan's July 2018 general election, the former cricketer addressed the nation with his new vision for the country. Following a combative contest dominated by claims of corruption, ballot rigging and military...
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Pakistan, United Kingdom, Asia, Europe
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Monday, December 2, 2019
BLOG: In 1983, facing the pending depletion of the Social Security Trust Fund, Congress boosted the age at which future recipients would be eligible for full Security benefits. Those aged 45 at the time would see a two-month increase, to 65 years...
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Official figures quietly released this week show fewer than half the UK’s pensioners get the full state pension, prompting renewed fears over widespread old age poverty. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data revealed that of the...
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Women who served in the army are being pushed into homelessness and destitution due to “abysmal” rules which stop women getting army pensions, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association has warned. Females were forced to leave...
Friday, October 4, 2019
The High Court has ruled that equalising the state pension age between men and women is not discriminatory on the grounds of age or sex, confirming that successive governments were within their jurisdiction to implement legislative changes...
Friday, July 26, 2019
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed new legal protections against redundancy for pregnant women and new mothers, extending the duration of redundancy protection to six months from the date of return...