Key Developments (March 2020)

#EQUALPAY50

Our campaign for gender pay equality keeps gathering pace, with seminars in Nottingham Trent (27th February) and Bedfordshire (4th March) Universities, plus more to come. You can find out about events we're holding here.

Meanwhile as we gear up towards the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Equal Pay 1970 on 29th of May we'll be holding workshops and stalls at the following events:

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• 4-6th March - stall and fringe meeting at the Women’s TUC conference

• 6th March - stall at WOW London (Women of the World)

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Here are some ways you can get involved in our campaigning for equal pay:

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• Join our 50/50 visual campaign. We want to highlight the stories of 50 working women and their experience of gender pay inequality over the last 50 years. Want to know more? Contact Nkonde@equalitytrust.org.uk

• Come to our planning meeting on 12th March to discuss how we can create a groundswell of support in advance of the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. If you would like to contribute to the discussion, then sign up here: http://bit.ly/EqualPay50Planning

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LATEST BLOGS / COMMENT / RESOURCES

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• Don't bash the Rich? Sonia Sodha argues for a change in the narrative around taxing the rich

• Tortoise Thinkin reflection: Wanda Wyporska comments on the class system

• How the climate strikes can win: Tribune Magazine with the view on the #ValentinesClimateStrike

• RSA- The study of conflict shows that divided people can come together when they talk

• The Equality Trust signs up to the world leaders #GlobalGoals promise

KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND REPORTS

• Trust for London Report- Is there a public consensus on what it means to be rich?

• Medact health conference: Health Justice 2020- The health community as a force for change

• Will I ever be safe?- A new report from Women for Refugee Women

• Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor: The social determinants of wellbeing

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INEQUALITY IN THE NEWS

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• Parasite- best picture film highlights the wealth gap

• Salvation Army warning-Universal credit could 'steamroll vulnerable into poverty

• #EyesonGreed: $2.19 Trillion gained by America's 1% since Trump took office

• In-work poverty rising: Fourteen million people across the UK reportedly live in poverty, including four million children and two million pensioners

• Millionaires asking for more taxes? Forbes magazine cover Forbes #2020

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BEST INEQUALITY READS AND LISTENS

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• Just Tax: IPPR podcast reviewing the reforming the taxation of wealth

• Less Money More Problems: Grace Blakeley discusses isolation, inequality and debt

• Resolution Foundation report: Painting the towns blue 

• Njoki Njehu at Davos 2020: Spreading the word and fighting inequality