Financy Women's Index

The Women’s Index measures the progress of Australian women and gender financial equality

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Financial inequality is a major obstacle to the progress of women, families and future generations

About Financy Women's Index

How we’re tackling Financial Inequality

The Financy Women’s Index™ (FWX) is a quarterly measurement of the economic progress of women and time frames to gender financial equality in Australia.

The FWX provides a snapshot on equality across 7 critical areas and includes both drivers and indicators of progress.

The drivers are Education and Unpaid Work. The indicators are Unpaid Work (dual), Employment, Underemployment, Pay, Board Leadership and Superannuation.

The purpose of the Women’s Index™ is to help drive fearless discussion and action among women, men and key decision makers in the public and private sectors.

The Index is an independent initiative of Financy Pty Ltd, which is advocates for gender financial equality and provides the IMPACTER software to improve organisations performance on diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Index is supported by the FWX Advisory Committee members; Dr Shane Oliver, Simone Cheung, Prof Roger Wilkins, Dr Leonora Risse, Bruce Hockman, Rhiannon Yetsenga and Nicki Hutley.

The Index is proudly sponsored by NGS Super, the Ecstra Foundation, Aspire Planning, Seven Consulting, Bespoke Co and PritchittBland Communications.

Creative works are produced by We Are Why Pty Ltd.

Ultimately, the purpose of the Index is to help inspire women to live more courageously and confidently – to be Fearless.

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Lastest Results

What do the latest FWX insights tell us about economic equity?

While headline numbers suggest a modest recovery in economic equality, data from the latest Financy Women’s Index (FWX) suggests that a softening labour market and shifting political priorities risk freezing long-term progress for Australian women.

During the March quarter, the FWX rose 0.61 points to 78.47 points (out of 100) compared to the December quarter. 

While this reflects a slight improvement in economic equality during the past quarter, the FWX has returned to its same level as March 2025. This plateau leaves the overall median timeframe to financial gender equality in Australia stuck at a stubborn 20 years.

Financial gender equality outcomes improved this quarter in just three of the seven areas measured by the FWX: Underemployment, Superannuation, and Employment.

Key Results

  • The Financy Women’s Index rose 0.61 points to 78.47 points out of 100 in the March quarter.
  • The Underemployment sub-index gained 2.9 points, returning to March 2025 level but masks a decline in both women and men’s underemployment through the start of 2026.
  • The Superannuation sub-index gained 1.1 points, with ATO data showing a small narrowing of the gender gap in lifetime superannuation savings.
  • The Employment sub-index improved slightly, rising 0.3 points.
  • This quarter’s gains represent gradual improvement for economic equality but highlights the need to stay vigilant such that temporary progress is not interpreted as lasting change.
  • The Federal Budget also highlights how competing fiscal and economic pressures can shift focus away from sustained progress on gender equity.
  • Timeframes to equality: the overall timeframe to financial gender equality in Australia remains largely unchanged at a median of 20 years.

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Years to Economic Gender Equality

The median timeframe to achieving total gender equality in Australia is 24 years. But the largest timeframe is 139 years based on progress rates in Education.

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Meet the FWX
Advisory Committee

The Financy Women’s Index is supported by an Advisory Committee, who believe in gender equality and the importance of measuring women’s financial progress. The Committee meets regularly to discuss the data findings and the best way forward for the Index to ensure it is as reliable and informative as possible.

The FWX Advisory Committee

Rhiannon Yetsenga

Associate Director at Deloitte Access Economics
Rhiannon is an Associate Director at Deloitte Access Economics, where she specialises in the digital economy, gender economics, and the economic value of Australia’s arts, cultural and sporting sectors.

Dr Leonora Risse

Associate Professor of Economics at Queensland University of Technology

Leonora is Associate Professor of Economics at Queensland University of Technology and is a specialist in gender equality. She is a Research Fellow with the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia and a co-founder of the Women in Economics Network in Australia. Her research focuses on evidence-based strategies to close gender gaps in economic outcomes.

Dr Shane Oliver

Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy at AMP
Shane has extensive experience analysing economic and investment cycles and what current positioning means for the return potential for different asset classes. He is also a highly sought after economics commentator for various media.

Nicki Hutley

Independent Economist
Nicki Hutley is a highly respected and sought after economist with a passion for social impact.
Simone Cheung

Simone Cheung

Independent Economics Advisor at Purpose Lab
I’m a strategic advisor and health economist driven by a deep belief that smart policy, backed by evidence, can transform lives — especially for those most often left behind.

Bruce Hockman

former Chief Economist of the Statistical Services Group at the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Bruce has an economics degree from Adelaide University and he also did post-graduate studies at Macquarie University.

Prof Roger Wilkins

Deputy Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research at the University of Melbourne
Professor Wilkins is also the Deputy Director (Research) of the HILDA Survey and produces the annual HILDA Survey Statistical Report.