Episode 43
Why Women Fear Retirement, Pay the Price of Motherhood, and Get Punished for Debt
Join us for Episode 43 of Feminist Money as we discuss:
1. Feature: How new reforms will improve retirement savings for those who earn the least in our community, particularly women.
2. Research: The gender wealth gap, and why we need to sit up and start taking notice of it, rather than focusing on the gender pay gap alone.
4. International: Links between financial literacy and how we learn about money.
5. Pop Culture: The focus of the Oscar winners on motherhood, including the Best Actress win by a fellow new mother, Jessie Buckley.
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(1.30) The study linking the gender retirement gap to a confidence and financial literacy gap
Parliament passes LISTO reform to boost retirement savings for low-income women, Women’s Agenda, 11 March 2026
Millions of lower-income workers in Australia are set to benefit from proposed super changes. Here’s why, The Guardian, 15 October 2025
Pensions at a Glance 2025, OECD, 27 November 2025
(8.40) Research on why we need to talk about the gender wealth gap
Why the gender wealth gap is still so stubborn – and what it means for women’s wellbeing, The Conversation, 20 March 2026
Gender wealth gap wider than pay gap at 21%, finds WBG, Women's Budget Group, 24 July 2025
Experience wears the trousers: Exploring gender and attitude to financial risk, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, July 2019
(13.45) The link between financial literacy and how we learn about money
The gender gap in financial literacy begins with how men and women choose to educate themselves, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 12 February 2026
Exploring gender differences in the financial literacy decision-making, Economics and Sociology, September 2025
(18.08) Representations of motherhood at the Oscars
Oscars 2026 Live: All the nominees, winners & celebrity arrivals, Vogue Australia, 16 March 2026
Jessie Buckley Dedicates Her Best Actress Oscar to ‘the Beautiful Chaos’ of Motherhood, Elle, 15 March 2026