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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Women’s Index sheds light on big COVID-19 question – has gender equality improved?

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Key results The Financy Women’s Index (FWX) finished 2021 up 1.6% to 72.3 points with women’s financial progress and time to economic equality better than expected. The key drivers of

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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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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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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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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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Women’s Index shows economic progress in FY18 despite H1 setback

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Women’s economic measure finds that Australian women are progressing but it’s a one step forward, two step back march. The latest Financy Women’s Index powered by Data Digger has revealed

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Financy Women’s Index shows improvement as #PressforProgress campaign continues momentum for equality

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Female economic measure finds that Australian women are progressing on jobs, super, pay and education but not on boards. More Australian women are taking advantage of opportunities to progress in

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