Initiative on gender pension gap

Background:

The gender gap in pensions is mainly the result of differences in the labour market and of a gender imbalance that exists in relation to careers and family life: a higher proportion of women working part-time, lower hourly wages, and women with fewer years in employment due to caring responsibilities.

The European Parliament's plenary session adopted on 14 June 2017 an initiative calling for a strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap.

The document urged stakeholders to tackle gender inequality in employment and pay in order to prevent pension gaps.

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: 2016/2061(INI): Need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2016/2061(INI)

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