Josh speaks with Dr Sara Reis, Head of Research & Policy for the Women's Budget Group (WBG). They discuss the impacts the lockdown has had, is having and will continue to have on women.

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Dr Sara Reis: Twitter
Women's Budget Group: Website | Twitter

The blog that Josh stumbled across was Personal debt is a feminist issue on the Brave New Europe website.

The WBG also produce a weekly newsletter providing updates on the gendered impact of Covid-19. 

The briefings Sara sent us on the impact of Covid-19 on women:

• On the impact of Covid-19 crisis on women (including pre-existing inequalities and how they’re exacerbated now)
• What to take into account as lockdown is eased

You'll also be able to hear Sara give a Q&A for Bureau Local's #NewsYouCanUse fortnight on June 19th at 1pm.

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Artwork by George Hall @geogeohall
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About Us
Positive Negative creates discussion with a wide range of people around the same set of questions, building a picture of how a certain topic or event is affecting them.
With COVID-19's sudden and dramatic spread across the globe, we'll be connecting with people from varying personal and professional backgrounds to see what impact the virus, and its repercussions, are having on them personally, professionally, economically, emotionally, physically...

Beginning with those within our own broad networks of friends and colleagues, we'll spread the net as far and wide as we can, to help capture stories that shine a light on the breadth of experiences going on in the world around us in this unusual and challenging time.

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