UBI alone without redistribution fails
Goldblatt 20, Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney and a Visiting Professor in the School of Law at the University (Beth, “Basic Income, Gender and Human Rights,” University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal, 3.1)
Turning to the issue of adequacy, an essential element of the right to social security and directly linked to the realisation of other rights to livelihood, health care and social protection, a basic income payment would have to be of an adequate size to provide enough to enable people to make choices about their lives and give them access to the full range of human rights to which they are entitled. It would have to meet both individual and family needs, regardless of the nature of the family, of particular importance in the case of sole parent families. A minimalist basic income that did not provide an adequate livelihood would violate human rights and would deny women the means to overcome their structural disadvantage. It would also do little to address their unequal status or subvert gendered patterns of work and care. A basic income would need to transcend minimalist logics and be redistributive to contribute to far-reaching social and economic equality. In order to be substantively gender equal it would have to be designed with women in mind (and with their involvement) to ensure that it is appropriate, adequate and complemented by other social protection measures that contribute to transforming gender relations in society. Of course, affordability is frequently raised as a concern in basic income debates, particularly in the Global South. Human rights underpinned by substantive equality would expect these social protection challenges to be addressed within the context of tax, debt and other restructuring measures at local and global levels, including by way of international cooperation. To be transformative a basic income would require far-reaching enabling and complementary measures to realise human rights. On its own a basic income would not necessarily overcome economic inequality. For it to contribute to transformative, redistributive outcomes, it would have to be accompanied by other forms of economic restructuring. Similarly, if substantive gender equality is to be achieved, an adequate basic income would not on its own be enough to unravel patriarchal relations.