A recent report from King's College London identified the staggering costs older women workers face when it comes to providing care for older relatives, prompting the question: why is this not a shared responsibility between both men and women?
While A-list actors may be able to find work whatever their age, it’s a different story for ordinary older workers who face barriers to work right from the start.
A life-time of wage and pensions inequalities means that many women approaching later life risk being financially dependent on their partners, and the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on women threatens to compound these issues further.
The economic fallout from the pandemic has resulted in the highest unemployment figures for the past five years and from an increasingly tough job market.
The massive economic impact of the pandemic has resulted in significant job losses across many sectors of society but the over 50s are in danger of being overlooked.