👩 Happy International Women's Day Eve! 🎙️ We enjoy highlighting how businesses can support their staff and who better to speak to than Close the Gap. We discussed: 🏢 How you can help close the gap 👏 The good work completed by Close The Gap ➡️ Close The Gap future plans

👇 Have a listen via either link below... 🔗 tinyurl.com/Close-The-Gap-… 🔗 tinyurl.com/Close-The-Gap-… #InternationalWomensDay

🧵 (1/2) Saturday marked #IWD2025. Working in the women’s sector, this day is always a cause for celebration but also an opportunity to reflect on our mission to create an economy that works for women, where care is visible and valued.

Read our piece in @holyrooddaily on how businesses can reduce risk and grow their bottom line through gender equality & how our Think Business, Think Equality tool can support SME's in implementing tailored action.⬇️ buff.ly/X2MgaFl

Today, we'll continue to take evidence on the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland. We'll hear from CEMVO Scotland, CRER, Close the Gap, Engender, Inclusion Scotland, Age Scotland and Equality Network. Watch live from 9.30am: ow.ly/CbxE50Vf0mC

Today we're giving evidence at the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) committee on the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in Scotland. #ICYMI – read our written submission to the Committee on PSED reform here ➡️ buff.ly/EdWVbW5

We recently joined The HR Booth podcast for #InternationalWomensDay to discuss how employers can turn symbolic events into real, meaningful change. 🔈Listen at: buff.ly/kwHQCY2 buff.ly/pecj1Ah

⏰There's still time to apply for our Project Manager - Young Mother's Employment role. 📆Deadline for applications: Sunday 23rd March ⌨ Find out more and apply: closethegap.org.uk/jobs/?jobid=18

📣SAVE THE DATES! Our 2025 Activities Plan for members is here! Have you ever thought about getting more involved with us? Would you like to engage with the Scottish Budget process in a supportive environment? As part of this year’s plans we’re organising... (1/2)

We’ve reached our employer limit in the current Equally Safe at Work co-hort. A waiting list is now available for new interested employers, operating on a first-come, first-served basis. ✅ To secure a place, complete the expression of interest form: equallysafeatwork.scot/involved

This year's theme for #IWD25 was ‘Accelerate Action.' But what happens when action is taken without consideration of the gendered impacts? Our latest blog explores how changes to pensions have been made without consideration for women. 📖Read more closethegap.org.uk/news/blog/pens…

Our Director responds to today’s spring statement. For further information on what today’s announcements mean for women, please check the UK Women's Budget Group’s press release here: wbg.org.uk/article/our-im…

Together with other women's organisations and partners across the UK, we've signed a letter urging the Chancellor to reconsider her plans to cut social security for disabled people. These cuts threaten efforts to tackle poverty and women's inequality. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

📣ENGAGING EVENT ALERT 📄The UK Government will soon publish their new Child Poverty Strategy. What measures should it include? Have devolved governments shown greater gender responsiveness in the development of their child poverty plans, and what can we learn from...

each nation’s approach to tackling child poverty? Join the Women's Budget Groups on 29th April for this timely event where we'll discuss the gendered nature of child poverty and the actions needed to tackle it at a devolved and UK level. 🔗eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-and-ch…

📢CALLING ALL WOMEN IN SCOTLAND! Our 2025 Women’s Survey is live — tell us what life is like for you. From unpaid work to Council Tax impacts, we want to hear it all. 💬 🕒 Takes 10–15 mins 🔗 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/ #WomensVoices #Scotland