How have coalition government budgets affected women?

What impact have the coalition government budgets had on women? This important question has been explored by the Guardian's Jane Martinson in her latest peice . Working through each policy in the budgets from June 2010 right through to the most recent , House of commons library staff have been able to show the likely impact of austerity cuts on women. You can see the House of commons library staff working document in the Google Doc associated with this blog post. Martinson explains the startling data: The figures, based on Treasury data, show that of the £14.9bn raised from the government's five spending reviews since 2010, £11.1bn comes from women even though they earn less than men on average. Planned changes to tax credits, child benefits and public sector pensions are largely to blame for women bearing the brunt of the government's austerity measures. This seems remarkable as some coalition policies have been aimed at easing the burden on women. But as Martinson notes: The analysis shows that even positive measures, such as increasing the personal tax threshold and the child element of the child tax credit, fails to outweigh the hardships endured by women. Here's all the data for you to explore. Let us know what you think in the comments. Download the data • DATA: download the full spreadsheet More data Data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian World government data • Search the world's government data with our gateway Development and aid data • Search the world's global development data with our gateway Can you do something with this data? • Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group • Contact us at [email protected] • Get the A-Z of data • More at the Datastore directory • Follow us on Twitter • Like us on Facebook