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The conversation women can’t afford to avoid

It’s a curious thing. Australian women are more educated and active in the workforce than ever, yet we’re still reluctant to chat openly about our finances.

  • Cherelle Murphy

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Carla Zampatti was among the companies with the biggest gender pay gaps in favour of women.

The female-focused companies with the biggest gender pay gaps – and where the gap is reversed

Some of the largest gender pay gaps in the country are among women’s fast fashion and mid-range apparel retailers.

  • Millie Muroi and Jessica Yun
About one in five employers has a gender pay gap of 5 per cent or less according to the WGEA.

Gender pay gap narrows, but the highest earners still tend to be men

More employers now have a remuneration discrepancy in the target range, meaning a difference of 5 per cent or less between male and female workers.

  • Millie Muroi
Women typically have lower super balances than men as they are more likely to take time off work to raise children.

Women’s super gap isn’t just a data point. It’s a ticking time bomb

We have a retirement system that has never fully accounted for the fact that women have more fractured working lives than men, even today.

  • Bec Wilson
In September, research from the Minderoo Foundation indicated that one in 10 Australian parents has withdrawn their child from care.

Working parents are in an impossible position. But what can we do?

Parents have been put in a position where our work has been inadvertently pitted against our children. And it’s women bearing most of the brunt.

  • Victoria Devine
Australia is still 17 points away from achieving perfect gender equality in the workplace.

The age when pay equality for women gets much worse

How does the country score on a scale from 0 to 100? A world-first index lays bare the inequalities Australian women face at work – beyond the pay gap.

  • Millie Muroi
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If you’re a young woman, and you hope to set yourself up for the best options later on in life – get serious about building financial capital as soon as possible.

Looking for a ‘provider husband’ to pay the bills? Try this first

Recently, some women have begun to embrace a more “traditional” life where their partner provides for them. In some ways, I understand.

  • Paridhi Jain
Young women are closing the gender pay gap.

Why young women are beating young men in the job search – and earning more

In the past 10 years, one sector has boomed – but men have been reluctant to enter it.

  • Millie Muroi
Taking time out of the workforce to have children can lead to many women having far lower super balances than their partners.

Women’s super is dangerously low. Here’s how to improve yours

As society slowly moves towards gender pay equity it’s important to discuss how, as individual women, we can proactively close the gender retirement gap.

  • Grace Bacon
Former coalition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume.

As Coalition struggles with women, Hume pitches plan to fix super gap

Women enter retirement with super balances 20 per cent lower than men. Jane Hume has a plan to help fix it.

  • Paul Sakkal