Recession resources
This is a list of some of the more general resources about the recession that
we are finding useful.
Are Women Bearing the Burden of the Recession?: report from the Fawcett Society, March 2009.
Attacking the recession: key report from NESTA on the importance of innovation and SET enterprise to
transforming the economic crisis, with related articles and advice.
Building Britain's Future - New Industry, New Jobs: report on areas of likely growth and employment from the Department for Business
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Debtonation: economist Ann Pettifor blogs regularly about the recession.
Did engineers blow up the economy? Article in the IET Knowledge Network, July 2009.
Downing Street round table discussion on women and the recession: more than 50 women from business, the third sector, trade unions, the public
sector and women’s organisations, 4 March 2009. Meeting convened by Harriet Harman
QC MP, Minister for Women and Equality.
European Platform of Women Scientists: is researching the impact of the economic crisis. See their press release on
gender and finance.
Female Hysteresis: 'Women have been the big winners from the boom. But they will lose out most
in the bust.' Tim Leunig writes in Prospect Magazine, March 2009.
Green Economics Institute: frequently addresses issues relating to women and the economy. Their news page
carries updates.
House of Lords debate 4 June: science, engineering and technology debate, with key speech by Lord Drayson.
Letter from Secretary of State John Denham to stakeholders on Budget: on the budget allocations relating the Department for Innovation, Universities
and Skills, April 2009.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Department for Work and Pensions
have published analysis of Labour Force Survey data that assesses the impact of
the recession in the UK on various demographic groups.
Nature News Recession Watch: articles and editorials about the impact of the recession on science, employment
and research.
Office for National Statistics: information on women and employment trends (March 2009) with related links.
Recession Britain: report from ESRC, September 2009.
Redundancy tracker and UK job losses: regularly up-dated list at Personnel Today.
Ruth Sunderland: the business editor at the Observer, writing regularly on women and the recession.
The economic downturn: the concerns and experiences of women and families: research from the Government Equalities Office, March 2009.
Vodafone UK Working Nation research: reveals women are twice as likely to say they have learnt many new skills through
the recession, July 2009.
WETF research into women in the recession: research from the Women's Enterprise Task Force, 2009.
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