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"This report tackles an issue of the greatest importance. Indeed, age has shown itself to be a crucial aspect of the social exclusion of women. There is real discrimination against elderly women in Europe, which has the highest percentage of elderly women in the world. In 2008, the risk of poverty amongst elderly women hit almost 22%, whilst for older men it was 16%. In general terms, women are victims of low wages, of unemployment, and of part-time and precarious work, which is reflected in very precarious pensions, putting them in a position of great social fragility and at risk of poverty.
Older working women face, at least, a twofold discrimination in the labour market on the basis of gender and age, which accentuates their greater vulnerability in the labour market caused by women’s specific career paths. Budget cuts mean that the current economic crisis is having significant consequences for older women already suffering discrimination as regards matters of health or disability, and on their access to basic services, especially health care and long-term care services, due to budget cuts."@en1
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