News & Views Women’s index shows drop in gender equality progress in March quarter How are we going to reach gender parity on economic progress if things bounce backwards, even after progress has been made?
News & Views Perhaps we should rebrand Senator Jane Hume to Minister for Women’s Economic InSecurity “How can we really trust the Morrison government and Jane Hume…when their previous raids on super played out exactly the way experts warned they would for women, especially DV victims?”
Money The hand cream selling for $876,000 a bottle, on par with the price of motherhood Mothers in Ads launched a campaign for bids for a $876,000 bottle of hand cream to highlight the cost of motherhood
News & Views New changes to super laws will help narrow the gender gap Parties can apply to the courts for information from ATO about their ex-partner’s super, helping to narrow super gender gap.
News & Views Women are missing out on super during parental leave & it’s having damaging effects Nearly 500,000 mothers in New South Wales have gone without superannuation payments during their time on parental leave.
News & Views Unpaid carers should be paid superannuation to help close gender gap, new report Australians who take on unpaid roles caring should be given superannuation payments, a new actuarial analysis has suggested.
News & Views The COVID crossroads on women’s economic security As the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on women’s economic security bite, we face a critical crossroads.
News & Views Superannuation withdrawals during COVID-19 leave young women with a not-so-super future It’s not-so-super for young women. So why was their no gender analysis? Sarah Hill from YWCA shares the challenges ahead for young women.
News & Views Things to consider on the new option to access superannuation early The people in our community who will be most economically impacted by COVID-19, are those who are already the most marginalised. This means women.
News & Views ‘Grossly unfair’: How Australia’s super system penalises mothers Implementing mandatory super payments during paid parental leave is “one of several things” that need fixing in Australia’s parental leave structure.
News & Views Insolvencies among women over 65 increase by 88% in a decade: UK study The latest study from U.K based site Rest Less has found a staggering 88% increase in insolvencies amongst women aged 65 and over from 2008 to 2018.
Money A man’s not a financial plan, but sadly neither is our super system Millennial women like me have grown up knowing that ‘a man is not a financial plan’. But retiring into poverty is not on in my plan either.
