We need to help women close the retirement savings gap

Name: We need to help women close the retirement savings gap
Uploaded: 2017-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 16 min
Description: Older women are twice as likely as older men to live in poverty. Building her talk around this sobering fact and the experiences of her own family members, Elena Chavez Quezada highlights this oft-overlooked aspect of the gender wealth gap --and suggests a few ways to help everyone retire in comfort and dignity.

TEDxSanFranciscoSalon 2017Jul 201716 min8766 views

Speaker

Elena ChavezEnvironmental Scientist | Advancing Sustainability Through Design

About this talk

Older women are twice as likely as older men to live in poverty. Building her talk around this sobering fact and the experiences of her own family members, Elena Chavez Quezada highlights this oft-overlooked aspect of the gender wealth gap --and suggests a few ways to help everyone retire in comfort and dignity.