An ethical endowment for the long-term financial security of the women's sector

The biggest challenges we're facing right now - whether it's social care, regional inequality, violence against women and girls, the housing crisis or women's economic inequality - weren't created overnight. These are problems that have developed over decades, spun by a system that pursues endless growth and profit over people. They won't be solved by a single funding round, a three-year project or the next Spending Review. Increasingly, and as the climate crisis starts to pr

The UK Government has just relaunched its women’s health strategy with a pretty striking admission: the system has failed women. From delayed diagnoses to inadequate pain relief, there’s now open acknowledgement of what many have been saying for years. Namely, that there is such a thing as 'medical misogyny', and it has real consequences: a systemic pattern of underinvestment, dismissal and neglect. One of the more interesting shifts in the new strategy is the suggestion t

Over £1bn in forgotten money has been unlocked for social causes. But how are decisions made about who gets it? And why aren’t women and girls one of the priorities? Over £1 billion of forgotten money has already been released for social causes in the UK through the Dormant Assets Scheme. But who gets to decide where it goes? “Dormant assets” sounds technical, but the idea is actually pretty simple. It’s money sitting in bank accounts, investments, pensions or insurance polic