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"en.20110913.34.2-354-000"2
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"Women comprise no less than 50% of the population in any EU country, and women therefore form a significant sector of the workforce. What’s more, Europe has the highest proportion of older women in the world. Older people are a large and growing section of the EU’s population. Older people represent an enormous cultural, social and professional resource. Their ongoing contribution to society, often in an unpaid capacity, is too often overlooked, and their potential for wider involvement and contribution left untapped. The fear that the older generation is becoming a heavy burden on younger and working-age people is justified. A key opportunity for tackling the challenge of demographic ageing and preserving intergenerational solidarity consists, among others, in ensuring that people stay longer on the labour market and remain healthy, active and autonomous for longer after they retire. Solidarity between generations has long been high on the EU agenda.
The current economic crisis has significant consequences on older women already suffering discrimination as regards matters of health or disability, and on their access to basic services. Proper management of the population’s ageing process and the inevitable changes in society may contribute to sounder economic and social policy. It is, in my view, necessary to overcome the dominant political rhetoric on population ageing seen as a social and economic burden for society."@en1
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