I think the points about men vs women comparative funding is no different to last year and has been noted many times in this thread. The aspect of this that I do think is new and particularly relevant to right now, is whether things might change if Brian Cookson is elected president of the UCI this weekend. BC doesn't talk bullishly about promoting women's cycling so it is not clear he will aggressively drive something, but we can be confident he'll be more than happy to allow other people to do so. Sarah Connelly tweets frequently about her concerns on BC.
It has been a quiet year for GB pro-cycling performances but it is worth pointing out Armitstead and Pooley don't race for W-H. And in any case, even if they had done well, it wouldn't have meant there was no underfunding problem for women's cycling. It is true, they might have done better had there been better funding for them, in particular for Pooley. I do not understand how she is/was not a prime target for one of the larger women's teams.
My understanding of GB track cycling is that it is relatively equable between men and women, at least for Olympic program events because British Cycling realised the female successes would be easier to achieve as the relative level of competition was less.
In summary :
1) relatively speaking, this year as last, women's cycling is in under-funded
2) W-H have started funding a women's pro-cycling team that employs a new crop of GB cyclists who should emerge with results in the future
3) In pro-cycling performance terms it feels like a bad year; Pooley had less support and didn't race much, Armitstead had a quiet year, Cooke retired, the Wigglets are learning on the road
4) womens track cycling has had a very good year with a wealth of new talent emerging.
edit : another point maybe worth making - if McQuaid does go and Cookson can clean up the image of the sport, funding for everyone will improve, perhaps only marginally, but I do think the women's world will benefit it sponsors have more confidence that the sport is changing in a good way.