The reality is women are less likely than men to progress in their careers and they have fewer funds when they retire, even in wealthy economies like Australia.
Change needs to happen –gender stereotypes of men as the breadwinner needs to change, says Rowena Reyes who is the Investment Director of Sweef Capital. In hands with Rowena Reyes, is Kelly Baldoni who is Impax Asset Management’s US-based Vice President of Global Women’s Strategies who has been working on these matters with Impax. They argue around the point of an equitable pay system to be reinforced in the workspace
Read more about the case for change in this Insight Series article exploring the state of gender wage equity, indicator four in the Sweef Capital Gender ROITM Insight series