Past events

Gender Budgeting and Scottish Local Authority Budgets

February 4, 2025, 10.00 – 12.00

This session will share learning from SWBGs Theory into Action project.

Gender Budgeting Review of Scottish Local Authority Budgets 24-25

January 14, 2025, 10.00 – 11.00
Online

This event will share the findings of our review of publicly available budget papers for all 32 local authorities

What does childcare look like elsewhere?

October 16, 2024, 15.00 – 16.30

Join us to discuss what we can learn from other countries’ experiences of Early Learning and Childcare models

Disabled women’s experiences of poverty: challenging care charges

October 10, 2024, 10.30 – 12.00

Learn how gender budgeting approaches can inform your work and help you challenge poverty

Is investing in childcare worth it?

June 19, 2024, 12.00 – 13.30

This event will look at the long-term economic benefits of gender equality and its links with investment in childcare.

Flexible childcare, an ideal or a necessity?

March 5, 2024, 12.00 – 14.00
Online

Join us for the second event in our series on childcare as we discuss the challenges women face that due to a lack of flexible childcare.

An Introduction to Gender Budgeting

February 1, 2024, 10.00 – 12.00
Online

SWBG are running this session to introduce participants to gender budgeting.

Equality Impact Assessments & Gender Budgeting

January 24, 2024, 10.00 – 12.30
Online

This session will explore how gender budgeting can link with public bodies equality impact assessment processes to help address inequality.

Local Authority Budgets, Cost of Living Crisis & Gender Budgeting

January 23, 2024, 13.00 – 15.00
Online

This event is aimed at Councillors and will share the findings from this years Women's Survey & our review of Local Authority Budgets.

Local Authority Budgets & Gender Budgeting

January 17, 2024, 12.30
Online

This event will share the findings from our review of Local Authority Budgets & how gender budgeting approaches can be used

What's wrong with childcare in Scotland? Perspectives ahead of the Scottish Budget 24/25 and ways forward.

December 13, 2023, 12.00 – 14.00
Online

AGM 2023

December 2, 2023, 13.00 – 15.00
Online & Glasgow Women's Library

Join us for an afternoon of all things feminist economics and Just Transition at our Annual General Meeting!

The UK Autumn Budget - Potential opportunities & implications for Scotland

November 29, 2023, 14.00 – 16.00
Online

What does this year’s UK Autumn Budget have in store for women in the UK... and what does the Autumn Statement mean for Scotland from an economic perspective? Also, what are the challenges ahead of the Scottish Budget and how can we use this to tackle gender inequality?

Rising costs and women's inequality - How can this be addressed through gender budget analysis?

September 28, 2023, 14.00 – 15.30
Online

Get to know about women's experiences of rising costs from SWBG, Glasgow Disability Alliance & Fa'Side Women and Girls Group.

An Introduction to Gender Budgeting

January 31, 2023, 10.00
Online

SWBG are running this session to introduce participants to gender budgeting.

Equality Impact Assessments & Gender Budgeting

January 24, 2023, 10.00 – 12.30
Online

This session will explore how gender budgeting can link with public bodies equality impact assessment processes to help address inequality.

Local Authority Budgets, Cost of Living Crisis and Gender Budgeting

January 23, 2023, 13.00 – 15.00
Online

This event is aimed at Councillors and will share the findings from this years Women's Survey & our review of Local Authority Budgets.

Local Authority Budgets, Cost of Living Crisis and Gender Budgeting

January 23, 2023, 13.00 – 15.00
Online

This event is aimed at Councillors and will share the findings from this years Women's Survey & our review of Local Authority Budgets.

Local Authority Budgets & Gender Budgeting Session

January 17, 2023, 12.30 – 13.30
Online

AGM (Hybrid)

November 8, 2022, 17.00 – 19.00
Hybrid, Glasgow

Join us for our annual AGM!

Tackling women's poverty as costs keep rising

October 4, 2022, 11.00
Online

Pre-Budget Scrutiny Discussion

August 16, 2022, 19.00 – 20.15
Online

Join us for our annual Pre-Budget Scrutiny Discussion!

Gender Budgeting - how to use data

May 26, 2022, 13.00
Online

Third in our series of training sessions looking at how to use data as part of gender budgeting processes

Gender Budgeting in Practice

May 12, 2022, 13.30
Online

The Scottish Women's Budget group are providing training on gender budgeting over three sessions

Introduction to Gender Budgeting

April 28, 2022, 10.00
Online

The Scottish Women's Budget Group are running a series of online workshops to introduce participants to gender budgeting.

Local Government and Childcare

March 22, 2022, 13.00 – 14.30
Online

This session will focus on identifying the priorities for action at a local level to deliver flexible and accessible childcare services.

Local Government, social care and unpaid carers

March 15, 2022, 12.00
Online

This session will focus on priorities for action at a local level to deliver quality social care services and support unpaid carers

Local Government and the Impact of Covid-19 on Women

February 11, 2022, 10.30 – 12.00
Online

The session will focus on the impact Covid-19 has had on women and how we can ensure we address inequality as part of the recovery.

Local Government and a Just Transition

February 1, 2022, 19.00 – 20.30
Online

The session will focus on local government's role in achieving a just transition in Scotland.

Budget Watch Along

December 9, 2021, 14.00
Online

Making tax work for women

October 19, 2021, 18.00 – 19.15
Online

A Feminist Green New Deal for Scotland

October 8, 2021, 14.00
Online

Gender Budgeting for Recovery

September 1, 2021, 16.00 – 19.15
Online

Scottish Women's Budget Group AGM

How Scotland's Budget can work for women

August 9, 2021, 18.30
Online

Join us to discuss what you’d like to see in a recovery budget and how it can work to tackle inequality.

Gender Budgeting in Practice

June 16, 2021, 13.00
Online

Help shape a UK Feminist Green New Deal

June 9, 2021, 13.00
Online

Be a climate changemaker

Introduction to Gender Budgeting

June 2, 2021, 10.00
Online

Bringing a Caring Economy to the 4 Nations

May 19, 2021, 12.45 – May 20, 2021, 17.00
Online

Making gender budgeting work in practice

Gender Budgeting in Practice

March 24, 2021, 13.00
Online

Introduction to Gender Budgeting

March 10, 2021, 13.00
Online

Draft Budget Watch-along

January 28, 2021, 13.00
Online

Members - Have Your Say

January 19, 2021 – January 23, 2021
Online

Have your say about the priorities for the Scottish Women's Budget Group in 2021

Introduction to Gender Budgeting

December 15, 2020, 19.00 – 21.00
Online

Introduction to Gender Budgeting

December 10, 2020, 09.30 – 11.30
Online

Who's Counting? Film screening and discussion

November 11, 2020, 18.00 – 20.15
Online

SWBG meeting - DECEMBER

December 5, 2019, 18.00 – 19.30
Edinburgh (venue TBC)

The December meeting of the Scottish Women's Budget Group

SWBG meeting - OCTOBER

October 16, 2019, 18.00 – 20.00
Glasgow Caledonian University (TBC)

The October meeting of the Scottish Women's Budget Group

May SWBG meeting

May 7, 2019, 18.00 – 19.30
Engender, Edinburgh

The May meeting of the Scottish Women's Budget Group

SWBG meeting - FEBRUARY

February 5, 2019, 18.00 – 19.30
Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow

A meeting to talk about what we want the budget group to do over the coming year

BUDGET DAY

December 12, 2018, 18.00 – 20.00
The Melting Pot, Edinburgh

Join members of the Scottish Women's Budget Group to examine the latest Scottish Government Budget plans

June meeting - focus on CBI

June 14, 2018, 18.00 – 20.00
Seminar Room 1, The George Moore Building, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow

March meeting: budgets, podcasts and more!

March 29, 2018, 18.00 – 20.00
Glasgow Caledonian University Room W007, Glasgow

Join other SWBG members for our March meeting

POSTPONED: First meeting of 2018

February 1, 2018, 18.00 – 20.00
Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow

Join us to talk all things gender budgeting, and do some planning for the year ahead.

SWBG February meeting

February 22, 2017, 17.30 – 19.00
Skype

A skype meeting for SWBG members

SWBG January Meeting

January 25, 2017, 17.30 – 19.30
Scottish Women's Aid Offices, and Skype, Edinburgh

A meeting for SWBG members

SWBG members meeting

November 30, 2016, 17.00 – 19.00
Glasgow Caledonian University (CEE1 – the Centre for Executive Education, 1st floor William Harley Building) and Skype

Test event

June 1, 2015, 10.00
City Halls, Glasgow

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