Steps towards financial independence for women

Helen Baker AFP® discusses the importance of making financial advice more accessible to women to improve outcomes for their security and wellbeing.

In the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2017, Australia ranked 35th. Many would consider this an achievement at first glance – 35 out of 200+ countries looks good on paper. To put this in perspective, Ireland and New Zealand ranked eighth and ninth respectively. Meanwhile many developing nations also outperformed Australia, including Rwanda (fourth), Nicaragua (sixth) and The Philippines (10th). So why is Australia lagging in closing the gender gap?

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