EWL and AGE: International Day of Women – Mind the Gender Pension gap!
Gender inequalities will further increase unless national governments take active measures to combat gender discrimination at every stage of life.
With the ongoing retreat of the welfare state, governments are looking to reduce further pressure on public budgets, including from social protection and pension systems. The current economic crisis has only aggravated the situation obliging governments to introduce further budgetary cuts.
The challenges faced by older women have been highlighted in a joint paper by the European Women's Lobby and AGE Platform Europe which also raises awareness on the negative impact of recent austerity measures on this population group and the need for approaching this issue from a holistic life course perspective.
