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Australia women paying the price for economic weakness

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Australia’s path to gender financial equality is experiencing significant challenges, as highlighted by the latest Financy Women’s Index (FWX). Progress to gender financial equality in Australia has taken another backwards

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04 Dec 2024

Gender norms continue to hamper progress on financial equality despite gains in pay, participation & Paris

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Key points Progress to gender equality stalled in the June quarter of 2024 with the FWX slipping by 0.2 points to 77.5 points out of a score of 100. A

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06 Sep 2024

Progress to economic equality rebounds from worst year in a decade amid spike in rising gender based-violence

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Progress to economic equality in Australia rebounded in the March quarter following the worst annual setback in a decade but has been accompanied by a sudden increase in gender-based violence.

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07 Jun 2024

2023 spoils gender economic equality progress in Australia

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Key points: Progress to gender equality went backwards in 2023 with the Financy Women’s Index (FWX) down 1 point to 75.5 points in the December quarter from 76.5 pts in

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07 Mar 2024

Economic equality improves the most in two years amid correction from Coronavirus pandemic

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The Financy Women’s Index (FWX) rose to 78.1 points in the September quarter, reflecting further, albeit small, advancement towards economic equality in Australia. The result is the best gain in

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22 Nov 2023

Gender equality progress recovers amid Barbie and Matildas effect in Australian society

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Key points: Women’s Index rose 0.2 points in the June qtr to 76.5 points with a recovery in gender financial equality progress helped by improvements in the gender gap and

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23 Aug 2023

Financy launches Impacter software to help improve accountability for diversity and inclusion in businesses

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Gender equality advocate Financy has launched a new cloud-based software designed to help businesses self-assess and improve business outcomes when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Impacter is

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27 Jun 2023

Lack of a gender equality target a missed opportunity

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The Federal Budget 2023 was on the right side of progress for gender equality and that’s something Financy absolutely welcomes. But there was still no sign of a gender equality

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11 May 2023

A slowing economy halts women’s financial progress in 2022

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Key Results: The Financy Women’s Index (FWX) slipped by 0.1 points to 76.2 points out of 100 in the December quarter 2022. The Index finished the 2022 calendar year in

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07 Mar 2023

Financy and UniSA partnership delivers tech platform to take diversity, equity and inclusion measurement to the next level

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Australian fintech Financy has partnered with the University of South Australia’s Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX) to develop Impacter – a new tech solution that helps organisations manage and prioritise

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07 Dec 2022

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