EUROPEAN WOMEN’S LOBBY
Did you know…?
In every age group, more women are living in poverty than men and face a much higher risk of poverty in situations of separation, divorce or death of their partner.
One third of single?parent families in Europe, most of which are headed by women, are living in poverty.
The employment rate for women aged 55-64 is 36.8%, 18.2 percentage points lower than men in the same category.
European women are four times more likely to work part-time, more likely to have fixed term contracts and are more often part of the informal economy characterised by the absence of working contracts.
The employment rate of women with children under the age of 12 drops by 11.5% whereas it increases by 7% for men in the same situation.
Women in seven European countries earn 20% less than their male counterparts.
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