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Focusing on women as they are more likely to face greater disadvantages compared with their male counterparts because of gender differentials they might have faced throughout the life course, the paper examines the potential barriers for old age preparedness among women in Singapore. Based on secondary literature, the paper interrogates whether women in Singapore are able to adequately prepare for old age, examining in particular their capacity for old age preparedness and the extent to which they might be lagging behind men in this regard. The assertion is that the existing gender gaps in education and income present potential obstacles to preparations for old age amongst women since they would have less resources than men, thereby impacting negatively on how they might prepare for old age.