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Women face 101 year wait for financial gender equality

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Despite 2020 being a tough year, the financial progress of Australian women is trending in the right direction, but it will still take a century to achieve equality, as systemic

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09 Mar 2021

Women’s financial progress rebounds from COVID-19 setback

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Key results The timeframe to economic equality is unchanged at a revised 32 years in September quarter. Women’s financial progress improved in the September quarter despite early setback of female

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08 Dec 2020

COVID-19 pushes out timeframe to gender economic equality by 4 years

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The Coronavirus pandemic has prolonged the timeframe for achieving economic gender equality in Australia to 36 years due to a decline in female workforce participation in the June quarter. The

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19 Aug 2020

Women’s financial progress hit by early impact of COVID-19

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Australian women are bearing the brunt of the initial economic impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as job cuts start to mount. The scorecard of women’s financial progress, the Financy

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05 May 2020

Women’s Index brushes off sluggish progress in 2019 to finish decade on a high

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The new decade has started on a high note for many Australian women after the economic progress measurement, the Financy Women’s Index, posted its best performance of 2019 in the

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03 Feb 2020

Inequalities continue to hinder financial progress of Australian women

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Australian women made further financial progress in the September quarter but continue to be held back by a 193-year wait for gender equality in unpaid work. The latest measure of

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01 Nov 2019

Financial equality more than a generation away

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Australian women are well over a generation away from achieving financial equality with the latest Financy Women’s Index* showing that progress has slowed over the past financial year despite a

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08 Aug 2019

Women are at least 12 years from financial equality

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Economic equality is unlikely to be achieved until at least 2031 despite women making record progress in the March quarter, according to the latest Financy Women’s Index. The Women’s Index,

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11 Mar 2019

Women’s Index improves but falls 37.5% short of new economic progress target

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The economic progress of Australian women marched higher over the past 12 months, helped by wages growth, more women in full-time work and occupying top company board positions. The Financy

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04 Oct 2018

Support grows for development of The Women’s Index

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The Financy Women’s Index set to grow with help from inaugural platinum sponsor OneVue and support of new Advisory Committee. The Financy Women’s Index has secured a longer-term sponsorship arrangement

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