A Proactive Approach to Womens Concerns
With the exception of ten countries in the world, according to the World Health Organization’s 2005 report, women outlive men. In the United States, women outlive men by 5.3 years. Although long life is an advantage, there are major consequences that must be understood and dealt with, especially in these transitional times in the lives of women.
The ILC-USA's issue brief "A Proactive Approach to Womens Concerns: Womens Longevity Groups and Funds" finds that women are still:
- underpaid for comparable positions
- uncompensated for their caregiving and housekeeping activities, including, notably, the rearing of children
- tend to defer, if not deny, the issues they confront as they grow older
Women Need to Look Ahead, Make Plans
The issue brief outlines proactive approaches to the issues that confront women
growing older and formulate ideas to finance and support old age—through
longevity funds and women’s longevity groups, for example, with the thought that women need to look ahead
and make plans for the rest of their lives.
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