We have laid our Strategic Plan 2024-28 before Scottish Parliament As Scotland’s human rights watchdog, our top priorities are: · Poverty · Places of Detention · Access to Justice · Rights Most at Risk Read the plan on our website ⬇️ shorturl.at/dEO46

📢LAUNCHED Read our pre-budget briefing ahead of the publication of the Scottish Budget 2025-2026 on 4th December: swbg.org.uk/content/public… The briefing has been informed by the evidence that we have gathered this year, including our community work with women's groups & survey

As news comes out of a delay to the National Care Service Bill, what cannot wait is investment in care. Our response: swbg.org.uk/news/blog/resp…

💡 What’s the real cost of caregiving? Our research quantifies the caregiving penalty—income loss that caregivers face as a result of caregiving responsibilities—using an innovative 2-stage synthetic control method. 📚 Working paper: arxiv.org/abs/2411.10314 Feedback welcomed!🙌

"There's no credible route to meeting the 2030 targets that doesn't involve further investment..." - John Dickie, CPAG in Scotland Yesterday we continued our post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act. Watch back: ow.ly/RnEP50UhVGl

Important letter from colleagues at Coalition of Care & Support Providers 👇

Modelling can help people understand the impacts of policies. This can be useful to assess what impact various measures to prevent poverty can have. There can be different approaches, as Dr Hannah Randolph from Fraser of Allander Institute explains ⬇ Watch the meeting: ow.ly/whUe50UhVOQ

📣Tomorrow is #ScottishBudget day! Make sure you read our briefing where we explain why it is essential to use gender analysis so that the Scottish Government can deliver on its four priorities 👇

📃Read our director's @sara_cowan reaction to today's Scottish Government budget. ✍️More detailed analysis of the budget documents and tax strategy will be published in the coming days.

NOW PUBLISHED! 📝Read our ‘Local Authority Budget 2024/25 review’: swbg.org.uk/content/public… 🏘This briefing shares the findings of our analysis of all 32 Scottish local authority budgets using gender budgeting principles.

"I believe we are at a critical juncture in gender equality" Read our new director Prof. Heejung Chung's plans to address gender equality by reshaping work culture, better promoting inclusive feminism, and fostering greater collaboration with men ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/my-plans-…

▶️We celebrate one of the key topics at the UN Development main event #IID2025 on 25-26 March will be #time as a transversal issue societies should prioritise to face systemic challenges, as a step forward to make #timepolicies accessible worldwide timeuse.barcelona/the-undp-inclu…

Join me tomorrow at 11:30am ET for #DemandDiversity roundtable, hosted by National Urban League & featuring civil rights partners. This powerful & timely conversation will highlight the critical challenges facing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) today. 🎟️ nul.org/event/demand-d…

🚨TRAINING REMINDER 🚨 Do you want to know more about #genderbudgeting? Don't forget to join us tomorrow to learn about how it works and how it can support good-decision making. The session will share insights based on our review of local budgets for the financial year 24-25👇

Our new report published today in collaboration with Kinship estimates the economic contribution made by kinship carers at £4.3 billion per year. Unlike foster carers, most kinship carers do not receive financial support from the government. centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025/0…

At the Minority and Indigenous Rights conference we're discussing the complicit role of the State and Church of Scotland in the #TinkerExperiments And failures of the Scottish Government to issue an apology and redress for the victims. Global experts are appalled by the lack of action.

11/03. "New Rights for the 21st Century: Care and Time" - a UN Women's 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)/Beijing+30 Side Event.  A panel of experts will explore the right to care and the right to time as fundamental pillars for our societies:f.mtr.cool/dwciasvccw

📢 📢 The #GOLDVII Multimedia Journal on the Economies of Equality and Care is arriving on 19 March🚀🚀 Below, a preview of this collaborative research process😉 Stay tuned 💯 #CaringCities #IWD2025 #CSW69 Habitat International Coalition - HIC Habitat International Coalition AL Time Use Initiative - TUI United Cities Marta Junqué Surià UCLG Women

We are delighted to participate in this year's Ailsa McKay Memorial Lecture which will focus on Ailsa’s three main areas of work: Public Involvement in Childcare, Minimum Basic Income and Gender Budgeting. Book your ticket via the link below ⬇️

🚨 The MIG Expert Group has launched its final report 🚨 A #MinimumIncomeGuarantee is key to women's equality, recognising: 💬 Unpaid care's impact on poverty 💬 Disability, income insecurity & extra costs 🔗 gov.scot/publications/m…