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Beyond Youth: Women Growing Older & Poorer

January 1st, 2006 | Family and Divorce, News, Older People and Caregiving, Poverty and Inequality

2006 – AWARE-TSAO addresses issues faced by older women who are outliving their male counterparts, but have less financial security, health care and are more dependent on children. They make recommendations in the areas of employment policies, CPF and social protection policies, healthcare financing, housing, social networks and educational programmes to change the social norm of treating women as care-givers.

Read the position paper here.