Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-355-375"
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"I welcome the Commission’s decision to designate 2012 as the European Year of Active Ageing. Europe has the highest proportion of older women in the world, we are living in an ageing society, and we need to act now to develop an EU strategy in order to combat ageism and to ensure that the older members of our society are provided for. Older women often face double discrimination in the labour market based on gender and age. The employment rate of women between 55-64 years was 37.8% in 2009 compared to 54.8% of men of the same age. Women’s unemployment is often hidden as ‘inactivity’ if they are married, have children or are taking care of dependent family members; sadly, this also contributes to the gender pay gap which is more greatly pronounced at older age. I welcome the adoption of this report but this issue must not end here; we must push the Commission to ensure that 2012 is an extremely effective year for the development of active ageing."@en1
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