Money - why women need to talk about money

Published: Aug. 8, 2019, 11:22 a.m.

Woman\u2019s Hour talks about money. Over their lives, women earn less and save less than men \u2013 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 \u2013 and, the gender pay gap - we examine where things go wrong and, how we might begin to fix them.

Presenter: Jenni Murray\nProducer: Ruth Watts \nInterviewed guest: Fran Bennett\nInterviewed guest: Amy Cashman\nInterviewed guest: Jude Kelly\nInterviewed guest: Sarah Pennells \nInterviewed guest: Lucy Tobin