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Up to 7 million people provide unpaid care in the UK, care worth £139 billion every year. Unpaid care is a recognised determinant of health but being a carer is not currently a protected characteristic. Unpaid carers are disproportionately female.   More than half of all unpaid carers (57%) are supporting an older parent or grandparent 

The report finds that women in the North live shorter lives, with less of those years in good health. They have fewer qualifications, worse mental health, are more likely to be an unpaid carer and more likely to suffer domestic violence or to end up in the criminal justice system than woman in the rest of England.

In addition, they work more hours for less pay. The cost of which is estimated to be the equivalent of losing out on £132m every week, compared to what they would get paid if wages were the same as women in the rest of the country. They also contribute £10bn of unpaid care to the UK economy each year – £2bn a year more than if they provided the national average of unpaid care.

The report puts into sharp focus the impact these vast inequalities have on women’s quality of life, health, work, their families and communities.

https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/mps-to-discuss-unacceptable-inequalities-faced-by-women-in-the-north-at-westminster-event/