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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Discrimination against women at retirement age

Discrimination against women at retirement age

  • Compulsory early dismissal of female employees
  • Prejudicial treatment of women retirees

Nature

Retirement discrimination means that women are compelled to retire at an earlier age than her male colleagues.

Broader

Discrimination against women in employment
Excellent
Age discrimination in employment
Excellent
Occupational hazards of female workers
Presentable
Ageism
Presentable
Unjust dismissal of workers
Unpresentable
Denial of equal benefits to elderly workers
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Trauma of ageing women
Yet to rate

Strategy

Improving social services for women
Presentable

Value

Prejudice
Yet to rate
Maltreatment
Yet to rate
Dismissive
Yet to rate
Discrimination [D]
Yet to rate
Discrimination [C]
Yet to rate
Compulsiveness
Yet to rate
Age
Yet to rate

Reference

United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women: Ageing in a Gendered World: Women's issues and Identities

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #5: Gender EqualitySustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Social activity » Employees
  • Social activity » Employment
  • Social activity » Retirement
  • Society » Elderly
  • Society » Women
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E6069
    DOCID
    11560690
    D7NID
    149113
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020