The Feminist Finance Podcast

Alice Merry
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A financial system designed by and for men is failing us all. We need a feminist finance revolution. This podcast is on a mission to define it.

  1. 01/29/2021

    17 - Changing finance from the inside with Garance Wattez-Richard

    01:23 Starting where insurance stops – the mandate for AXA Emerging Customers (Find out more about AXA Emerging Customers here) 03:26 How COVID has exposed the vulnerabilities of emerging customers… 04:22 …and forced us all to take a crash course in health management 06:03 What is different about women’s insurance needs and preferences? (You can read more in the brilliant “She for Shield” study from AXA, IFC and Accenture) 08:45 Debunking myths about women as insurance customers. Myth #1: Women are more loyal 09:50 Myth #2: Women are risk averse 10:29 Myth #3: Women are less fraudulent 10:54 What it means to serve women as decision-makers 14:13 The product changes that make a difference for women 16:19 Putting these lessons into practice to serve women in emerging markets  19:57 Insurance without a Chinese wall – making insurance work for women at the heads of families and businesses 21:41 How to get gender on the strategic map for a company 24:11 Success as an intrapreneur

    28 min

  2. 12/18/2020

    16 - Migrant women and the economy with Dr Sara Reis

    00:39 Before we start on the interview, a shoutout to the Homebrewed Feminism podcast. You can find the podcast at homebrewedfeminism.com and listen to their discussion of our interview with Marion Sharples in Episode 6: Equity > Equality. 01:07 The Women's Budget Group report on Migrant Women and the Economy. Read the full report here. 02:31 Immigration in the UK and the "hostile environment" 10:01 How men's and women's pattern of migration vary 13:27 Impacts on the economic position of migrant women 19:59 Challenges in accessing financial services 22:10 The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on migrant women 30:32 And what about when lockdown rules are relaxed? 35:53 The rights of migrants and the Black Lives Matter movement 39:38 The proposals of the Women's Budget Group to improve the economic position of migrants in the UK 46:00 Migrant women have faced the worst of our collective crises in 2020. Here, I also talk about the Women's Budget Group's webinar which brought together many organizations supporting migrant women, including Southhall Black Sisters, the Latin American Women's Rights Service, Women for Refugee Women and Foleshill Women's Training. You can find the webinar here.

    48 min

  3. 11/19/2020

    15 - A new take on community currencies with Mercedes Bidart

    You can find out more about Quipu through their website and find updates on their instagram. And read here about the company's recent recognition in the Visa Everywhere Initiative awards, in which it won third place in Latin America and the Caribbean. 01:15 - The micro-businesses at the centre of local economies 03:11 - How COVID is both challenging and bolstering local economies 05:47 - The history of community currencies and how they can apply in Latin America today 09:08 - How Quipu uses a digital marketplace and community currency in order to build and maintain wealth locally 14:42 - Launching the Quipu platform in Baranquilla, Colombia, in the midst of a pandemic 16:10 - How micro businesses are using the Quipu platform in Baranquilla 19:07 - Co-designing the platform: What does a solidarity economy mean to you? 23:58 - Helping entrepreneurs access credit at fairer rates 28:31 - The importance of creating solidarity economies, and why its moving up the agenda now 32:06 - Next steps for Quipu 33:41 - Are we all in need of an emergency community currency?

    35 min

  4. 10/31/2020

    14 - Women's experiences of the shift to digital finance

    Find out more about Caribou Digital: cariboudigital.net And you can read more on these topics and others from Savita, Hélène, and their colleagues in Caribou's blog. Time-stamped show notes: 01:05 About Caribou 02:45 User research: shifting our focus from the technology and bringing it back to the end user 04:09 What do digital financial services (DFS) have to offer women? (Clue: it's not so much about the digital) 08:32 And what is getting in their way of accessing digital financial services? 15:21 Why trust and control are so important for women 19:57 Financial literacy and the role of cash 21:55 When money becomes mobile and the tricky issue of registering your own SIM 25:55 The companies and organizations proactively taking on the challenges women face 29:33 The impact of COVID-19 on use of digital financial services 32:37 Is online work better work? The benefits and complications of digital platform work for women 37:42 Hélène and Savita help us define a feminist future for digital financial services

    45 min

  5. 08/29/2020

    13 - Blockchain with Lisa Gus

    01:14 What is blockchain? 05:42 Big potential and broken promises 10:00 Why Lisa began knish.io and how she hopes to tackle some of the challenges of blockchain 15:09 How can blockchain help with payments? 18:25 Providing a system for triple-bottom-line initiatives 20:09 An initiative to track sexual harassment 24:00 How blockchain can be relevant to governments 28:58 Can blockchain help fight a global pandemic? 31:18 Supporting women and minority founders through COVID-19 (and beyond) Find out more at knish.io

    38 min

  6. 08/05/2020

    12 - Inclusion of LGBTQI communities with Ramil Añosa Andag

    01:28 Introducing APCOM and the Finance Inc. project 03:56 Addressing new actors in LGBTQI inclusion: development banks and the private sector 06:27 APCOM's work with the Asian Development Bank 07:44 How development banks could do more 09:35 Discrimination in the domains of education, work, health and financial services compound one another. The results of APCOM's research into experiences of exclusion of LGBTQI groups. 15:21 Experiences with financial institutions 19:02 How financial institutions can support LGBTQI individuals 19:53 The need for two-way capacity building between financial institutions and LGBTQI organizations 20:54 Might digital financial services help reduce discrimination? 23:54 What would a financial system that was truly inclusive of LGBTQI people look like? 26:52 My reflections on the interview 27:24 What about COVID-19? You can find out more about APCOM's research into the impact of COVID-19 and its effects on diverse SOGIESC communities, HIV services and key populations here.

    29 min

  7. 07/13/2020

    11 - A gender equal economy with Marion Sharples

    00:47 - Why the economy is central to gender equality; about the Women's Budget Group's Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy 03:41 - Gathering inputs across the UK to design a gender-equal economy You can read about the evidence submitted to the Commission here. 07:46 - The economic barriers women face 09:01 - What women want from a gender-equal economy 10:19 - Care and the cycle of inequality You can take a look at this short video which the Women's Budget Group created to illustrate the spirals of inequality related to care and read the report here. 14:28 - Might there be a silver lining for care in COVID-19? Here, Marion mentions a poll from the Fawcett Society which showed that 65% of respondents supported an increase in income tax to fund a pay rise for care workers. She also highlights this Financial Times editorial which argues that COVID-19 has made clear "the fragility of the social contract", and that "radical reforms — reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades — will need to be put on the table." 20:53 - The need for huge government investment in care, including universal childcare provision 23:46 - A Green New Deal should be a feminist deal; care jobs are green jobs Find out more about the WBG's proposals for a feminist green new deal through this webinar recording, paper and article. 29:11 - What's next for the Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy You can find upcoming webinars from the Women's Budget Group here. And read more about the Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy here.

    32 min

  8. 05/25/2020

    10 - The impact of COVID-19 on women with Iona Bain

    01:17 About Iona's pioneering Young Money blog 02:12 The impact of COVID-19 on young people - the millennials and the "coronials" 04:11 The economic impacts of the crisis in the UK 06:53 How women are drawing the short straw 11:35 The long-term impacts on the coronial generation and rethinking university education 14:01 The case for a debt jubilee 21:11 Who is benefitting from banks' measures to address the crisis 24:23 The need to know your financial rights - how can we get the message out? 25:50 Why women's financial independence should no longer be up for debate 29:47 Financial education doesn't belong in maths classes 31:32 A feminist financial system - Iona's take 34:11 Wrapping up and a reflection on two themes coming up repeatedly in the Feminist Finance podcast: Care at the centre of women's financeThe need for a new kind of financial education in schools

    38 min
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A financial system designed by and for men is failing us all. We need a feminist finance revolution. This podcast is on a mission to define it.

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  • Creator
    Alice Merry
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    18
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    © Alice Merry, The Feminist Finance Podcast
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