Homelessness is growing fastest among women, particularly older women. Financial disadvantage faces women throughout their lives and often bites hard as they age. Women earn less than men and retire with almost half as much superannuation. They have limits on their ability to work full-time and spend more time in unpaid, undervalued work caring for […]
How does a mature well-educated, white middle class woman suddenly find herself facing homelessness and poverty? Jane Gilmore believes she is ‘lucky’. Her education, her mum and her ability to access resources has meant poverty but survival. It has also meant dealing with humiliation, shame and loss of hope. ‘Divorce, debt and redundancy had crashed
COTA Victoria wishes to highlight the impact of gender inequality on older women. The inequities created for older women by the legacy of a lifetime of inequality needs to be addressed in the Victorian Gender Equality Bill. Older Victorians make up a very significant and growing proportion of Victorian citizens, more than 20% of the
COTA Victoria wishes to highlight the impact of gender inequality on older women and hopes to see the issues addressed in the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy. Gender equality is a fundamental human right. Women make up half the Australian population yet despite significant changes across the decades, still cannot claim equality of opportunity or life
Gender inequality has an impact on the lives of all Australians. For older Victorians, and more specifically older women, the impacts of structural and cultural bias experienced across the life course can be far-reaching and numerous. COTA argues that implementation of the strategy will only be meaningful and bring real change if government departments and business
