Green, Fair, and Caring

Highlights from the series for those who want a taster or are simply time poor! Listen and enjoy - go back and listen to the whole series for more detail and depth :)

This episode discusses energy and its place in a just green transition. When money is short in low-income households in Wales, after cutting back on days out, clothing and toiletries, women turn the heating down or off. Income poverty particularly impacts lone parents, 86.4% of whom are women, and households with a disabled person are more likely to be in income poverty. Industry and trade recogni...

A feminist green new deal considers women and work in two ways – the revaluing of social care as social infrastructure (adding it’s value to GVA, while also focusing on shifts to a wellbeing economy), and ensuring that women do not lose out on opportunities to gain skills, secure employment and progression in a changing labour market (sectors and occupations introducing AI and digitisation, and in...

Women are more likely to walk and use public transport, and are shown to have more sustainable or green forms of travel, often having trips that are both shorter and greener. At the same time, travel systems are not gender neutral and women are failed in their travel and safety needs as private travel users are prioritised, with public travel systems often modelled on men’s direct commutes to work...

A deeper dive into the importance of care and carers to our communities, to our economy, and to all of us as individuals

This podcast grew out of a discussion paper funded by Oxfam Cymru and researched and written by Dr Alison Parken and Professor Sara MacBride-Stewart of Cardiff University. We would like to thank all contributors who shared their time, insights and expertise in shaping this work and contributing to the podcast. About the Authors of the paper: Dr Alison Parken Alison is an Honorary Senior Research F...