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Teens Contend With Women’s Financial Literacy Gap

By Sandhya Kalavacherla ● Teen Voices ● June 21, 2016

A failure to understand personal finance is disproportionately a woman’s problem, leading to poverty and credit card debt. Some teens are using those facts to scare up participation in workshops on saving and investing.

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Debt-Ceiling Bill Called Bad Business for Women

By Marley Gibbons ● Employment ● August 4, 2011

Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security were spared immediate cuts in this week’s deal to raise the government’s borrowing limit. But long-term threats are seen to the programs women disproportionately depend on.

Women’s Key to Home Ownership Opened Debt Trap

By Molly Ginty ● Employment ● January 14, 2010

Women’s expansion into home ownership coincided with a rush of complicated high-risk instruments onto the mortgage market. That turned a cornerstone of financial security into a dream crusher. The second of three stories.

In Subprime Fallout, Women Take Heavy Hit

By Molly Ginty ● Employment ● January 13, 2010

Mortgage lending data doesn’t track a borrower’s gender as well as her credit history. But an extensive research analysis suggests women have been unfairly stuck with subprime “toxic” debt said to be for high-risk borrowers. The first of three parts.