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Money - why women need to talk about money

Why women need to talk more about money; how women lose money; money and relationships; personal finance tips; and, fixing women's pensions.

Woman’s Hour talks about money. Over their lives, women earn less and save less than men – and, very often, find they need more of it. Research consistently suggests that women are less likely to talk about personal finances or to seek financial advice, but far more likely to worry about it than men. We look at how we manage our relationship with money and, at what our relationships can do to our cash-flow. And, we ask what part the government, work places and financial intuitions can play in building our financial resilience and reducing gender inequality. From student debt to pensions; buying a home to saving for a pension; the costs of paying for care or doing the caring – and, the gender pay gap - we examine where things go wrong and, how we might begin to fix them.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Ruth Watts
Interviewed guest: Fran Bennett
Interviewed guest: Amy Cashman
Interviewed guest: Jude Kelly
Interviewed guest: Sarah Pennells
Interviewed guest: Lucy Tobin

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46 minutes

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Thu 8 Aug 2019 10:00

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  • Thu 8 Aug 2019 10:00

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