Join Dr Bomikazi Zeka & Rebecca Glen in a conversational deep dive into gender biases impacting women’s economic security & wellbeing
About this event
How can we #breakthebias that underpins the gender pay and superannuation gap and that undermines women's economic security over a lifetime?
Latest reports from WGEA show women earn on average 20% less than men, and retire with 47% less superannuation than men whilst living on average 5 years longer.
What can be done to address these wicked problems and break the gender biases, and systemic barriers and financial abuse around women and finance, to achieve gender equality?
Bomikazi’s core body of work relates to the retirement planning strategies and challenges of economically disadvantaged groups, particularly women and people of colour. Her research agenda also seeks to address the consequences of inadequate retirement funding on families, communities, and social structures. Bomikazi has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in Australia, Hong Kong and South Africa.
Rebecca Glenn is the Founder of the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety (CWES)
The CWES builds on Rebecca’s work in domestic violence and financial wellbeing at Insight Exchange, a social change initiative of Domestic Violence Service Management and before that at the Commonwealth Bank (CBA). Rebecca was a key member of CBA’s Domestic and Family Violence Working Group: developing the Women’s Financial Wellbeing Guide, the Addressing Financial Abuse Guide, and the bank’s first Financial Inclusion Action Plan. Previously she was the founding CEO of not-for-profit organisation, Financial Literacy Australia. In 2019, she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship Report to investigate service responses to women experiencing or escaping economic abuse in the UK, USA and Canada . In 2021, she was named an AMP Foundation Tomorrow Maker.
International Womens Day 2022 #BreakTheBias
Co-sponsored by The University of Canberra this event is a Gender Equity initiative brought to you by Charles Sturt University Athena SWAN Project+ Gender&Feminist Studies Network GaFS