Women’s Agenda – Jenny Brown
“When we leave school, we are full of knowledge – so full sometimes we think we know it all. But there is one critical skill that isn’t taught at school: financial literacy. We go out into the big wide world and are expected to be fiscally responsible adults with jobs who can manage our own money, but it’s just not that simple. Certainly a majority of us haven’t had the training required to truly understand the banking system, savings, compound interest and what it takes to make our money work and last longer…Whatever the answer, it all comes down to education. With knowledge comes power…”(more)