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Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now

  • Written by: Rhonda Sharp, Emeritus Professor, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia
Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially nowJeremy Dorrough/Upshot

COVID-19 has left women, more than men, economically disadvantaged through unemployment, underemployment, lowered incomes, less secure work, greater household and family demands, and increased risk of domestic violence.

But you’re unlikely to read about it in next week’s budget.

Instead you’re likely to read...

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