Research1 has shone a spotlight on the financial challenges that prevent women from accumulating the same wealth as their male counterparts.
The report found that having children continues to have a disproportionately large impact on women’s finances, as do other life events such as the menopause.
The findings
Amongst the report’s findings were the following statistics:
Of course, no two women are the same and each will face different challenges on her journey to financial wellbeing. However, these statistics show that there are common threads here. Women continue to take the lion’s share of caring responsibilities, taking them out of the workplace and reducing their financial security not only in the present, but as they approach retirement as well.
Let’s do something about it – together
Despite the financial challenges women face, they remain less likely than men to seek professional financial advice2.
1AJ Bell, 2023
2Canada Life, 2022
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