Carrying the work burden of the Covid-19 pandemic: working class women in the UK
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Nottingham University Business School
Abstract
Working class women are carrying the burden of the extra physical and emotional labour being generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. These women care for children, sick and frail elderly, clean buildings, cook and serve food, administer institutions and staff shops, while retaining major responsibility for domestic work and caring at home. The Women's Budget Group (WBG) highlighted that 2.5 million of the 3.2 million workers employed in the highest risk roles during the pandemic are women, many in low-paid roles. There is little detailed attention to their experiences and needs and how to urgently support them in their essential work.
The pandemic has created job loss, work instability, financial hardship and great insecurity. Working class women are heavily impacted (WBG 2020; Fawcett Society 2020). There has been time squeeze and work intensification for some, a desperate search for new jobs for others, alongside more unpaid care with school and nursery closures. What is not yet known is how working class women are responding in real time to the various, and as yet potentially unknown, pressures imposed by the virus. If they are unable to manage the existing and additional pressures placed upon them, workplaces, child and elder care will all be severely affected.
The project is in collaboration with the WBG, the leading independent organisation that deals with the impact of policy on women's lives.
We will analyse data from the ESRC's flagship 'UK Household Longitudinal Study', including vital new information being gathered on the impact of COVID-19. This will be a large nationally-representative study as the pandemic effects roll out over the next year.
This project will deliver a significant contribution to the understanding of, and response to, the pandemic. It will rapidly fill an urgent need by identifying and responding to difficulties experienced by working class women in real time. With WBG, it will start to disseminate early findings and urgent policy solutions to employers, unions, government, key charities and lobby groups within two months of starting. This is crucial if working class women are to continue to carry the additional strain of increased work and home demands during the pandemic.
The pandemic has created job loss, work instability, financial hardship and great insecurity. Working class women are heavily impacted (WBG 2020; Fawcett Society 2020). There has been time squeeze and work intensification for some, a desperate search for new jobs for others, alongside more unpaid care with school and nursery closures. What is not yet known is how working class women are responding in real time to the various, and as yet potentially unknown, pressures imposed by the virus. If they are unable to manage the existing and additional pressures placed upon them, workplaces, child and elder care will all be severely affected.
The project is in collaboration with the WBG, the leading independent organisation that deals with the impact of policy on women's lives.
We will analyse data from the ESRC's flagship 'UK Household Longitudinal Study', including vital new information being gathered on the impact of COVID-19. This will be a large nationally-representative study as the pandemic effects roll out over the next year.
This project will deliver a significant contribution to the understanding of, and response to, the pandemic. It will rapidly fill an urgent need by identifying and responding to difficulties experienced by working class women in real time. With WBG, it will start to disseminate early findings and urgent policy solutions to employers, unions, government, key charities and lobby groups within two months of starting. This is crucial if working class women are to continue to carry the additional strain of increased work and home demands during the pandemic.
| Description | 1. Significant new knowledge was generated. The project's major achievement was new knowledge: it showed the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we work. It showed the deep problems facing many of the working population in the UK but also how the pandemic impacted in starkly different ways on different social groups. We focused in particular on the experiences of working class women: how they fared compared with middle class women and with men overall. Our outputs looked at: patterns of employment and mental health; housework and child-care. On employment and mental health: the first national lockdown brought a big increase in the numbers of people who were still employed but doing no work at all in their jobs. Working class women and men were more likely to be furloughed than workers in middle class jobs. Keyworking was highest among working class women. Very few working class women could work from home. More women than men, and slightly more working class than middle class women, were experiencing psychological distress. On housework and child-care: Employed women were doing much more housework, more childcare and more home-schooling than men during the pandemic. Women's share of housework and child-care grew after the pandemic hit. Mothers were far more likely than fathers to have main responsibility for childcare and home-schooling. Working class women did the least childcare and home-schooling hours among employed women and they were the women least likely to reduce their hours or change their work schedules because of the time they were spending on childcare or home-schooling. They fared poorly in terms of access to flexible working arrangements more generally to allow them to better manage multiple demands (Briefing Note 1 showed only 9% of women in Routine and Semi-routine jobs were always working from home in June). In order to manage additional housework, childcare and home-schooling responsibilities, parents need access to good quality flexible work arrangements; unfortunately, this is not the case for many working class women and men. 2. Dissemination of findings to stakeholders and the general public Via briefing notes, webinars, media engagement, updates to policy makers and a final project event (211 registered participants), all with project partner the UK Women's Budget Group. 3. Important new research questions opened up: Such as inequalities in which workers have good quality flexible working arrangements in the workplace to help support them manage intensive caring demands during the pandemic. |
| Exploitation Route | Via the non-academic route, with project partner the UK Women's Budget Group, we disseminated our findings so that policy makers and employers will recognise the extra burden that working class women have been carrying during the pandemic. It is essential to devise strategies and policies to better support them. Our project made specific recommendations: to policy makers around building a caring economy and to employers to provide good quality flexible working arrangements to all employers and not just those in higher level roles. Via the academic route, our findings on the importance of class for working lives are shaping knowledge on the unequal outcomes of the pandemic. We are still presenting our results to academic audiences and writing articles for academic journals. |
| Sectors | Government, Democracy and Justice,Retail,Other |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/research/carrying-the-work-burden-of-covid-19/index.aspx |
| Description | There has been real and sustained interest from media, and from the third sector. Project partner the Women's Budget Group has drawn upon our findings in their many presentations to policy makers and in their campaigning work towards establishing a caring economy. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Evidence to government inquiry: 'An equal recovery' |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Evidence to government select committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Evidence to party national policy forum |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Labour Party Taskforce Session 'In-work poverty, low pay, and financial insecurity' and 'Work-life balance and family life' |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Women and Equalities Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | A sociological investigation of underemployment and the lived experiences of underemployed worker |
| Amount | £962,977 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/X000184/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 01/2026 |
| Description | ESRC Impact Accelerator (led by IER, University of Warwick). Understanding the impact on employment of Covid and paths to recovery. |
| Amount | £11,233 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Enabling business models innovation for sustainability in the UK glass sector |
| Amount | £52,764 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 167260 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | How is COVID-19 impacting women and men's working lives in the UK? Expanding an existing award (on the work of working-class women in the UK) to explore all workers. |
| Amount | £55,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | HDRUK2020.137 |
| Organisation | Health Data Research UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Partnership with the UK Women's Budget Group (WBG). |
| Organisation | Women's Budget Group (WBG) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Provision of up to date findings to feed into WBG's work. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise and intellectual input to the projects. Access to networks (including key media personnel). Wide dissemination of findings. |
| Impact | All outputs are joint with project partner the UK Women's Budget Group. Examples include: 25-11-20. Evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee by project partner the UK Women's Budget Group. Subject: DWP's preparations for changes in the world of work. 14-10-20: Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4. 14-10-20 Interviewed by Yvonne Roberts from The Observer. 14-10-20 Interviewed by Sophie Hughes from BBC Radio 5 Live. 28-9-20 Article published in The Telegraph: 'Revealed: how women have been left psychologically distressed by the Covid-19 pandemic'. 2021 Participation in advisory committee: Women and Equalities Committee, with project partner the UK Women's Budget Group 2021 Evidence presented by project partner the UK Women's Budget Group to government inquiry: 'An equal recovery' 2021 Labour Party Taskforce: evidence presented by project partner the UK Women's Budget Group 2021 Podcast for 'Understanding Society' project, with project partner the UK Women's Budget Group 2022 'Insights' Understanding Society newsletter, with project partner the UK Women's Budget Group |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | 'Insights' Understanding Society invitation January 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited by the 'Understanding Society' project to feature in their Insights publication: it is their annual publication highlighting policy-relevant research on social, economic and health issues, combined with policy commentary. It's a big part of their knowledge exchange work, promoting new evidence and perspectives to non-academic audiences - including people from government departments, third sector organisations, think tanks, parliamentary bodies, public sector organisations and others. It aims to be accessible and engaging, with themed chapters, plain English and data visualisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/insights/insights-2022.pdf |
| Description | Article and Interview for national newspaper (Telegraph) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 28-9-20 Article published in The Telegraph using findings from our project and an interview: 'Revealed: how women have been left psychologically distressed by the Covid-19 pandemic'. By Rosa Silverman. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/revealed-women-have-left-psychologically-distressed-covid-19/ |
| Description | Article and interview for national press (the Independent) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Lyonette was Interviewed by Maya Oppenheim from the Independent. 15-10.20. Article published in the Independent using our research findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/tier-3-lockdown-working-class-women-gender-coronavi... |
| Description | Big Issue article 15 June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'The Covid-19 pandemic has deepened existing inequalities among workers': we wrote an article for the Big Issue drawing on findings from the ESRC funded project and its sister HDR_UK funded project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-deepened-existing-inequalities-among-work... |
| Description | Birmingham Trades Council event 1-3-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Project partner presented some of the research findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://btuc.org/wordpress2/?p=831 |
| Description | Blog (LSE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 12-11-20 LSE COVID-19 blog. 'Are we all in this together? Working class women are carrying the work burden of the pandemic'. Accessible blog published summarising key findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Blog on the United Nation's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A blog, drawling on the findings from our funded projects, showed inequalities in work and employing during the pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/business/2022/03/21/race-and-employment-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-... |
| Description | Brighton Women's Centre event 6-3-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The project partner presented results from the projects at this event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAy1nb_mWEs |
| Description | Business in the Community event 8-3-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Women's Day Celebration: project partner presented on findings from the projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/webinar-international-womens-day-celebration/ |
| Description | Byline Times article 18-6-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Working-Class Women. Forgotten Victims of the Pandemic, by journalist Sian Norris. An article arguing that working class women have endured a significant decrease of life satisfaction since the start of the pandemic. It draws upon our final project report on the financial, equality and wellbeing impact of the pandemic on working class women compared to other workers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://bylinetimes.com/2021/06/18/working-class-women-forgotten-victims-of-the-pandemic/ |
| Description | Contemporary Intimacies, Sexualities and Genders group and the Class Research Cluster talk 9-3-22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'Working lives during the pandemic: intersecting inequalities in the UK': talk at Manchester met university |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ESRC Festival of social sciences How is Covid-19 impacting women's and men's working lives in the UK? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A free webinar as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2021: How is Covid-19 impacting women's and men's working lives in the UK? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-at-work-enduring-trends-... |
| Description | ESRC Festival of social sciences: Work-life balance and covid-19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A free webinar, with industry partners, as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://exchange.nottingham.ac.uk/events/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-at-work-webinar-1/ |
| Description | Fabian Review cover piece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 'The new normal?: Labour in a time of radical uncertainty'. A cover story on work and the covid-19 pandemic, drawing on our research findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Final project blog 18-6-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A blog to promote the project and its findings, and linked to a final project workshop with the project partner the UK Women's Budget Group. 'Working from home: opportunities and challenges'. A partial and classed account of the impact of Covid-19 on working lives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/who-we-are/case-studies/featured-research-case-studies/covid-1... |
| Description | Final project workshop with WBG 18-6-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A final project workshop run jointly with project partner the UK Women's Budget Group to celebrate the project and promote its findings. We presented findings. A panel of discussants included leading academics from the UK and the Netherlands, Mandu Reid (party leader of the Women's Equality Party) and Nikki Pound, Women's Officer for the TUC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Forbes article 5-7-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An article entitled 'The Class Divides In The Future Of Work Discussion' (by Adi Gaskell) draws heavily on the project findings on class inequalities during the pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.forbes.com/sites/adigaskell/2021/07/05/the-class-divides-in-the-future-of-work-discussio... |
| Description | ISER Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Warwick ISER blog: The cumulative burden of housework, childcare, home-schooling and paid employment during the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on women's psychological wellbeing'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ISER Festive 40 workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 20 October 2020: early findings to IER at the 'Festive 40' series of workshops. Summary/ highlights of project and findings also distributed via the IER newsletter for wider dissemination. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview and article for the University of Nottingham Alumni Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed for an article on the 'Impact of coronavirus on the working lives of women'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview for national press. ITN News |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The team provided an exclusive to ITN news. The projects and findings were a feature on national evening news, and on the ITN web-site, 24-3-21. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.itv.com/news/2021-03-24/covid-exclusive-research-for-itv-news-finds-women-are-bearing-th... |
| Description | Keynote at University diversity event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote at the University of Nottingham's first annual diversity festival. One of these events is on the impact of Covid-19 on minority groups. Warren presented on the projects and findings 18-3-21. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/diversityfestival/events/keynote/diversity-festival-impact-of-covid-19-... |
| Description | LSE Covid blog 18-11-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A blog on covid-19 and child-care provision in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2021/11/18/what-if-the-uks-childcare-provision-was-as-good-as-denmar... |
| Description | LSE Festival - shaping the post-Covid world 3-3-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Project partner presented results of the project at this event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Festival/Post-Covid-World |
| Description | Labour party national policy forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Project partner WBG reported on our findings: Labour party national policy forum committee (9-12-20) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Living with Covid-19 at work 9-3-22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Living with Covid-19 at work - Evidence and theory from psychology, economics, and sociology for International Women's Day In spring 2020 the Work Inclusivity Research Centre hosted a series of three online research and policy workshops, showcasing the earliest social science research on the pandemic's effects on work and workplaces. Evidence and theory have both developed significantly since that moment; in spring 2022, we seem to be moving into a post-Covid world of work, with all of the complications that brings. This short seminar addresses that complexity, revisiting the research of three of our original contributors - Professor Alexandra Beauregard/Birkbeck, London, Dr Christopher Rauh/Cambridge, and Tracey Warren/Nottingham - to summarise evidence and theory development over the two years of the pandemic, with a focus on the differential gendered effects of the pandemic. The presentations and discussion will provide insights for academics, policymakers, policy advisers, and activists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Local radio interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 16-7-20 'Mid-morning on BBC Radio Nottingham'. Co-I interviewed by Mark Dennison about the COVID-19 project and its plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Mumsnet guest post 30-9-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Project partner the Women's Budget Group drew on the project findings in the post "Universal free childcare benefits not only children and parents, but the economy too" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/guest_posts/4360975-Guest-post-Universal-free-childcare-benefits-not-on... |
| Description | National radio interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 14-10-20: The COVID-19 project findings were featured on Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Podcast for 'Understanding Society' project: launched 16-11-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invitation to feature in a podcast on employment and unemployment for the 'Understanding Society' project. The podcast series is accessible and non-technical so as to attract a non-academic audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at ReWAGE workshop 12-1-22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation alongside other ESRC-funded covid-19 projects at the workshop of the Renewing Work Advisory Group of Experts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/rewage/ |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 12-10-20 Press release: 'First results from new study examining the impact of COVID-19 on working-class women in the UK published today'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Project blog: one year on |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We were invited to write a blog for the Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement, to reflect on a year of the covid-19 pandemic in the UK and our project findings. 25-3-21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vision/a-year-on-working-class-women-and-work-during-the-covid-19-pande... |
| Description | Robert Gordon University 'Community Seminar Series' 16-11-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invitation to speak about the project and its findings at a virtual Community Seminar Series: a 'Pint of Science' type seminar so it is accessible to an interested lay audience as well as academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-work-class-and-covid-19-in-the-uk-online-seminar-tickets-20154... |
| Description | Southampton webinar 12-5-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Warren and Lyonette were invited to present findings from the project at Southampton Business School: 'Work and care during the Covid-19 pandemic: intensifying inequalities of class and gender?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The Conversation 17-6-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We wrote an accessible article for the Conversation, drawing on key findings from the project on working at home during the pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Video interview for Ingenuity programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 14-9-20 Video interview for The Ingenuity Programme at The University of Nottingham: feeding into one of their key challenges for this year Creating Prosperity -financial vulnerability, in-work poverty, gig economy and what we can do to help create greater financial wellbeing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WBG report and blog: One year on. 31-3-21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Project partner the UK Women's Budget Group report and blog, drawing on the findings of our project: 'One year on: Women are less likely than men to feel the Government's response to Covid-19 has met their needs' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://wbg.org.uk/analysis/reports/one-year-on-women-are-less-likely-than-men-to-feel-the-governmen... |
| Description | Webinar (Warwick Centre for Research on Employment and Work/and Centre for the Study of Women and Gender) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Women's work, class and COVID-19 in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar with WBG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Autumn/Winter Webinar Series: Inequalities and Covid-19 - Turning Back the Clock? Women's (un)paid work in 2020. Webinar with project partner to explore the impact of COVID-19 on women's unpaid work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://wbg.org.uk/events/autumn-winter-webinar-series-inequalities-and-covid-19-turning-back-the-cl... |
| Description | Webinar with stakeholders (ERSA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Project partner used project findings in a Webinar with ERSA(Employment related services association)/Belina: how to support women excluded form the labour market get back to work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Webinar with the Equality Trust and Birmingham University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: Women's work, class and COVID-19 in the UK: turning back the clock on progress towards workplace equality? 'International perspectives on progress towards and barriers to reaching workplace equality' A workshop organized by University of Birmingham with and for The Equality Trust. Presenters from a variety of countries. An audience of 60. The Equality Trust is a registered charity that works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality. Through the #EqualPay50 campaign, The Equality Trust is working to increase the pressure on employers to meet their legal obligations towards equal pay and to persuade the Government to take immediate action to finally end unlawful gender pay inequality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/equalitytrust/videos/2853754804883681/ |
| Description | Women's Budget Group report 'Where women stand at the start of 2021' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Project partner WBG launched their report, that drew upon the project findings. This report set out the lessons of 2020 and the recommendations that policy makers must consider if they are committed to improving their response to the pandemic and the impact it has had on the most vulnerable groups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://wbg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Where-Women-Stand-V5.pdf |
| Description | Work and Pensions Select Committee November 2020. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Evidence was given from the research by project partner the UK Women's Budget Group to the select committee on the DWP's preparations for changes in the world of work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/event/2754 |