I don’t mind camping but I won’t sleep in my car

Divorce. Motherhood. Care. The gender pay gap. A woman’s super balance can tell the story of her life. Usually it tells the story of inequality. Can it be fixed?

Sandra is 76, doesn’t own a property, is a transient house-sitter, has a couple of hundred thousand dollars in a fixed-term deposit and nothing in superannuation. Sarah* is in her mid-forties, rents the house she lives in with her three daughters and has $40,000 in superannuation. Liz is 54, owns her own free-standing three-bedroom home in Canberra, and her super balance is close to $1.7m.

Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/19/i-dont-mind-camping-but-i-wont-sleep-in-the-car-what-happens-when-superannuation-keeps-failing-women