The gender wealth gap
Despite decades of debate and lobbying, the gender pay gap remains a problem internationally. While progress has been made, particularly in women’s access to coaching and leadership roles, deeper structural inequalities embedded in the workplace continue to widen disparities in wealth accumulation, especially in retirement. Marianne Curphey investigates.
The gender pay gap affects not just current salaries for women, but their long-term savings, and significantly affects women’s retirement income and financial security. Addressing these disparities requires a number of measures, including targeted policy interventions, such as equal pay legislation, paid family leave, and pension credits for caregiving periods in order to promote equitable retirement outcomes for women. For companies with international teams and those wanting to nurture women’s leadership and promotion, the issue of the gender wealth gap is particularly pressing. This is a subject which was hotly debated at our conference for International Women’s Day, which looked at workplace policies and actions we could all take to support women and girls progress in their careers and reach their full potential.
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This article is taken from the Summer 2025 issue of Think Global People magazine. View your copy of the Summer 2025 issue of Think Global People magazine here.
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