Domestic abuse
Lone parents, disabled women and refugees ‘impacted most’ by benefit sanctions
Calls for new welfare at Holyrood to be used to redress some the “devastating” impacts of benefit sanctions on women will be heard by MSPs today.
Published 2 June 2015
Report highlights ‘grotesquely disproportionate’ impact of welfare reform on women
A new report has called on the Scottish Government to implement a gendered response to welfare reform mitigation after it found the cuts have had a “grotesquely disproportionate impact” on women.
Published 6 May 2015
