The study provides a comprehensive scoping review of women’s financial well-being, a key dimension of economic security, financial inclusion and gender equality in the post-pandemic context. This study aims to examine research trends and identify future research directions.
The study uses bibliometric and thematic content analysis within the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses-2020 framework to analyze 159 peer-reviewed articles indexed in Scopus (2012–2023), identifying key contributors, research trends and gaps.
The findings reveal key contextual and personal determinants of women’s financial well-being, with dominant themes, including financial literacy, gender inequality, psychological well-being and institutional trust. The literature relies heavily on cross-sectional surveys, with limited use of qualitative, longitudinal and mixed-method approaches.
The study highlights key gaps in theoretical integration, geographic diversity and contextual analysis, offering directions for future research and policy development.
This study contributes by synthesizing fragmented research, proposing an integrative conceptual framework and a working definition linking structural conditions and individual capabilities to women’s financial well-being.
