The gender pensions gap: The hidden retirement crisis for women in the UK

A girl needs to start saving for her pension at age 3.
Not because she’s behind — but because the system is.
Our latest research shows that to retire with the same pension as a man, a woman has to start decades earlier. The gender pensions gap isn’t a retirement problem. It’s baked into pay, work and care from the very start of life.
Drawing on now: pensions’ 2024 Gender Pensions Gap report, this session pulls apart how inequality compounds over time — and asks the uncomfortable question: why are we still accepting it?


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