Location: Hall 1

Inflation is a debilitating economic condition that impacts women and marginalized groups first. While the research shows that women have less money to begin with, crises like shrinkflation and recession mean that they pay double the prices on items of daily use with an additional cost if those items are deemed a luxury. The last three years have seen a significant amount of women talking about the rising costs of fuel impacting their mobility to being forced to take very hard decisions for their children. In this panel we will examine the structural barriers that impede women's productivity and the intersecting effects of inflation on women's lived realities.
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