We’ve all heard about the gender investment gap, and it rightly riles us up. But here’s the reality: this isn’t just a personal issue—it’s deeply systemic. It didn’t happen overnight; it’s the result of generations of inequality, where women have been shut out of financial conversations and opportunities.  The system wasn’t built with women in mind, and it shows.

“Mark Wahlberg was at No. 1 on the actors’ list with $68 million, while the highest-earning actress, Emma Stone, made a comparatively paltry $26 million” according to Vanity Fair.

We’ve all heard the term, but its subtleties are less well known. It doesn’t in fact mean that women doing identical jobs to men are always paid less (although sometimes that’s true, for sure) – it’s more about the overall picture in which women as a population are paid less than the male sector.

The even better news is that you can take steps now to protect yourself against this unfairness.

This week, we asked our friend Jess Rose Morley from the Vestpod community to contribute to our newsletter with some genuinely inspiring and practical tips on female empowerment in the workplace.