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The Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement works to provide low and moderate income women (aged 18 to 65) with basic financial information aimed at helping them take financial control over their lives and to increase awareness of the structural barriers that prevent women’s adequate participation in the nation’s retirement systems.
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Principal Staff
Cindy Hounsell, PresidentLara Hinz, Program Manager
Carol Seifert, Program Development
Areas of Expertise:
Caregiving [6], Human Rights & Security [7], Employment & Unemployment [8], Older Women [9], Economic Development & Security [10]Member Experts:
Projects & Campaigns
Research [11]
WISER has compiled a list of research documents that provide valuable information regarding financial security, retirement, aging, and related issues.
Topic Categories:
2008 Research [13]
2007 Research [14]
2006 Research [15]
Caregiver Issues [16]
Women/Widowhood [17]
Financial Education/Savings and Investment Behavior [18]
Social Security [19]
Retirement Plans [20]
Healthcare [21]
Research Sources [22]
Divorce [23]
Nurses' Project [24]
A three-year partnership between WISER and the Center for American Nurses, funded by a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, to identify nurses’ specific financial information needs.
Reports & Resources
Divorce and Retirement: How To Take Control of Retirement Benefits [25].2009.
What Women Need to Know About Retirement [26].
Seven Life-Defining Financial Decisions [27]. 2008, 2004.
Financial Steps for Caregivers: What You Need to Know About Money and Retirement [28]. 2008.
What Today's Woman Need to Know: A Retirement Journey [29]. 2007.
WISERWoman Quarterly Newsletter [30]