--- title: Imalia Blog | Women (2) description: Women | (2) --- # [Our Voice Education and Empowerment for Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice) ## [9 reasons why middle aged women are so successful](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/9-reasons-why-middle-aged-women-are-so-successful) By [Steve Cartwright](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/steve-cartwright) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia-Blog-Financial%20And%20Insurance%20Services%20For%20Women-9%20reasons%20why%20middle%20aged%20women%20are%20so%20successful.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/9-reasons-why-middle-aged-women-are-so-successful) **Middle-aged women are often successful due to having worked so long to get where they are. They’ve been in the trenches, they’ve made all the mistakes, and now they’re reaping the benefits of their struggles.** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/9-reasons-why-middle-aged-women-are-so-successful) Topics: [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [business](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/business), [tips](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/tips) --- ## [4 ways company culture can support women in leadership](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/4-ways-company-culture-can-support-women-in-leadership) By [Charles Coy](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/charles-coy) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia-Blog-Financial%20And%20Insurance%20Services%20For%20Women-4%20ways%20company%20culture%20can%20support%20women%20in%20leadership.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/4-ways-company-culture-can-support-women-in-leadership) **While more than 75 percent of CEOs say gender equality is part of their top 10 business priorities, women remain underrepresented across every level of the corporate pipeline—comprising just 37 percent of management positions and 19 percent of C-Suite positions, according to a recent study from McKinsey and LeanIn.org.** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/4-ways-company-culture-can-support-women-in-leadership) Topics: [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [tips](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/tips), [careers](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/careers), [leadership](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/leadership) --- ## [Empowering Women – Models That Work: Kiva](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/empowering-women-models-that-work-kiva) By [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/carole-anne-priest) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Financial%20and%20Insurance%20Services%20for%20Women_Blog_Empowering%20Women_Kiva.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/empowering-women-models-that-work-kiva) According to the 2016 [Taking on Inequality](http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-and-shared-prosperity) Report by the World Bank Group, the most recent estimates indicate that 10.7 percent of the world’s population lived on less than US$1.90 a day, compared to 12.4 percent in 2012. Whilst that number is thankfully trending downwards, (down from 35 percent in 1990), 10 percent of 7 billion is still an enormous number of people living from hand to mouth. Many of those individuals are women and children. Thankfully, there are organisations like [Kiva](https://www.kiva.org/), that have built businesses with a mission to connect people through alternative lending models as a means to alleviate poverty. [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/empowering-women-models-that-work-kiva) Topics: [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [Empowering Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/empowering-women), [Kiva](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/kiva) --- ## [The ultimate checklist to ensure your business is setup for success](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/ultimate-checklist-to-ensure-your-business-is-setup-for-success) By [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/carole-anne-priest) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Blog_Financial%20And%20Insurance%20Services%20For%20Women_Ultimate%20Checklist_Colour.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/ultimate-checklist-to-ensure-your-business-is-setup-for-success) **Starting a small business is one of the most exciting career moves you can make, and potentially also one of the most daunting. We’ve put together the ultimate checklist to point you in the right direction and help you set yourself up for success.** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/ultimate-checklist-to-ensure-your-business-is-setup-for-success) Topics: [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [Small Business](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/small-business), [Small business checklist](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/small-business-checklist) --- ## [Relationships and Money: Partner related Debt](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/relationships-and-money-partner-related-debt) By [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/carole-anne-priest) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Financial%20and%20Insurance%20Services%20for%20Women_Blog_Partner%20Related%20Debt.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/relationships-and-money-partner-related-debt) **The debt that you might acquire as a result of your intimate relationship (marriage or de facto), as opposed to a debt that you take on consciously, has been termed ‘sexually transmitted debt.'** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/relationships-and-money-partner-related-debt) Topics: [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [Partner related debt](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/partner-related-debt), [Sexually transmitted debt](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/sexually-transmitted-debt) --- ## [Insurance For Home-Based Business Owners: Are You Covered?](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/insurance-for-home-based-business-owners-are-you-covered) By [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/carole-anne-priest) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Financial%20and%20Insurance%20Services%20for%20Women_Blog_Insurance%20For%20Home%20Based%20Business%20Owners.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/insurance-for-home-based-business-owners-are-you-covered) **Government statistics show that over six hundred thousand women in Australia operate their own small business.** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/insurance-for-home-based-business-owners-are-you-covered) Topics: [Insurance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/insurance), [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [Home Business Insurance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/home-business-insurance), [Home Business](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/home-business), [Small Business](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/small-business) --- ## [Financial Literacy: What It Is and Why It Is Important For Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/financial-literacy-what-it-is-and-why-it-is-important-for-women) By [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/carole-anne-priest) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Financial%20and%20Insurance%20Services%20for%20Women_Blog_Financial%20Literacy.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/financial-literacy-what-it-is-and-why-it-is-important-for-women) **[ASICs 2014-2017 Financial Literacy Strategy](http://www.financialliteracy.gov.au/media/546585/report-403_national-financial-literacy-strategy-2014-17.pdf) document makes it clear why financial literacy is so important for women.** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/financial-literacy-what-it-is-and-why-it-is-important-for-women) Topics: [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [Imalia](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/imalia), [Financial Literacy](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/financial-literacy) --- ## [Words From A "Wiseman"](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/words-from-a-wiseman) By [HELEN WISEMAN](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/helen-wiseman) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Director_Helen%20Wiseman%20CU-min-min.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/words-from-a-wiseman) **In 2010, I had made a courageous career change. I decided that I wouldn’t take on a new role unless it really grabbed my imagination. When you take such an open approach to life and career, opportunities come from unexpected places.** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/words-from-a-wiseman) Topics: [Insurance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/insurance), [Finance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/finance), [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [Helen Wiseman](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/helen-wiseman) --- ## [Meet Imalia Founder Carole-Anne Priest, disrupting the financial services sector](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/call-me-cap) By [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/carole-anne-priest) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Director_Carole-Anne%20Priest%20CU.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/call-me-cap) **I have always been passionate, and oftentimes angry, at the injustices and imbalances I see in our society. And no more so when this injustice involves women and their equal place in all aspects of our world.** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/call-me-cap) Topics: [Insurance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/insurance), [Finance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/finance), [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women), [Imalia](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/imalia), [Carole-Anne Priest](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/carole-anne-priest), [Financial Literacy](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/financial-literacy) --- ## [Putting Women Front And Centre](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/putting-women-front-and-centre) By [JULIANNE SANDERS](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/author/julianne-sanders) [![](https://www.imalia.com.au/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Imalia_Financial%20and%20Insurance%20Services%20for%20Women_Blog_Putting%20Women%20Front%20and%20Centre.jpg) ](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/putting-women-front-and-centre) **Every woman has the right to financial independence and security to lead her best life and Imalia is redefining financial and insurance services for women. ** [Read More](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/putting-women-front-and-centre) Topics: [Insurance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/insurance), [Finance](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/finance), [Women](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women) --- [« Previous](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women/page/1) · [All posts](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/all) · [Next »](https://www.imalia.com.au/our-voice/topic/women/page/3) - The information on this website does not take into account your personal financial situation, needs or objectives. 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