Older women face different challenges than younger women, but their needs and voices are often missing from conversations about gender equality.
Beyond headlines about global aging lies a more nuanced truth: women are shaping the story of old age in many parts of the world. Today, women outlive men in all the world's developed and developing regions. They also age differently than men, partly due to a lifetime of gender inequality—unequal access to pensions through less formal labor market engagement, limited land rights, structural barriers in access to higher education and more. This CSW70 side event will: Explore how older women contribute significantly to their families, communities, and countries, and why their social well-being, productive activity and health is everybody's gain. Explain how policymakers can complement women's efforts to age in healthy, dignified, and prosperous conditions, focusing on eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers. This event will be co-hosted by AARP and the World Bank Group Human Capital Project, the World Bank Women Business and the Law team, UNFPA and UN Women.
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