The theme for the International Day of Older people this year is the ‘Resilience and Contributions of Older Women’. In this context, the UN (2022) argue that while older women meaningfully contribute to our political, civil, economic, social and cultural lives; their contributions and experiences remain largely invisible and disregarded, limited by gendered disadvantages accumulated throughout the life course.
“The intersection between discrimination based on age and gender compounds new and existing inequalities, including negative stereotypes that combine ageism and sexism,” the UN said.
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