Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn why financial literacy matters to you and central banks.

Our Governors speak on the importance of central banks being a voice for financial literacy and gender equality.

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"Closing the gender gap in financial literacy".

Building on last year’s success, the ECB event to mark International Women’s Day 2026 stresses the importance of closing the gender gap in financial literacy.

The event brings together policymakers and educators to showcase progress on the five commitments agreed last year, to highlight achievements and to call for further coordinated action across the Eurosystem.

In conversation, President Lagarde and high-level guests discuss the importance of financial literacy from the perspective of central banks, banking supervision authorities and European institutions, and focuses on closing the gender gap through harmonised efforts across Europe.

Find the full programme here:

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260302_intl_womens_day.sv.html

Further information here:

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb-and-you/financial_literacy_europe/The-gender-gap-in-financial-literacy/html/index.en.html