Australia’s gender equality progress hits two-year low as women act as ‘pressure valve’ for economic uncertainty

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While the Australian economy continues to show surprising resilience in the face of high interest rates, the latest Financy Women’s Index (FWX) reveals that women are paying a disproportionate price

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Financy Women’s Index hits fresh high on improved female underemployment and closing of gender gap in superannuation

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Australia’s progress toward financial gender equality has reached a new high, with the latest Financy Women’s Index (FWX) hitting 79.44 points in the September quarter. The result, up from 79.32

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Tax reform and super strategies will help close lifetime wealth gap

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Australia has accelerated progress in gender financial equality in the June quarter, driven by a record-low gender pay gap and strong employment conditions for women, according to the latest Financy

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21.5 years to close gender pay gap, as Financy Women’s Index warns of a deepening industry divide this Equal Pay Day

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Today is Equal Pay Day, which marks the 50 additional days women must work each year to earn the same as men, new data reveals Australia is on a 21.5-year

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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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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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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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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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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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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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