CxPJ Gender-equality Service

When budget cuts come down, they tend to cut occupations of care. What the government considers to be “unnecessary costs” can be rephrased as “things women can be forced to do for free.” Because of this, the cuts have a far greater impact on women.

The service cuts and jobs lost often fall in occupations of community and social services, for which 60% of the work force is women; and office occupations, of which 83% of the work force is women.