"They are suggesting that women should receive funds on the condition that they are women." This is not the case. Did you read the article? It is calling for

"They are suggesting that women should receive funds on the condition that they are women." This is not the case. Did you read the article? It is calling for a universal basic income, not one contingent on gender. It says: "It’s an odd kind of reparations, you may object, that goes to fathers as well as mothers, the unattached as well as those with family responsibilities. But entertain this radical proposition: The universal basic income is a necessary condition for a just society, for it recognizes the fact that most of us — men, women, parents and nonparents — do a great deal of unpaid work to sustain the general well-being."