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"Currently, this issue is very relevant to Lithuania because my country recently raised the age of retirement to 65. Under new legislation, the retirement age for Lithuanian women will increase by four months every year until 2026. Women play an active part in Lithuania’s labour market. The female employment rate in Lithuania (61%) exceeds the average of the EU 27 by 2%. Even before the increase in the retirement age, the number of working women aged 60-69 was rather high. According to official statistics, the rate of female employment among women aged 60-64 is 29.3%. We must protect women over 50 against age and gender discrimination. The rapporteur reminds us that, in old age, the gender pay gap is much greater than it is at the start of a career.
We also need to address the issue of work-life balance and the lack of flexible employment opportunities. In Lithuania, in the majority of cases, earnings when working part-time are insufficient to guarantee a decent standard of living – compared with the EU average (31.5%), only 9.5% of Lithuanian women work part-time. I agree with the rapporteur that additional training and the learning of new skills could help older women to participate more actively in the labour market."@en1
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