Women in the fight against violence: a voice for the older ones!

Women in the fight against violence: a voice for the older ones!

The upcoming International Women's Day on March 8 draws attention to an urgent problem: violence against women, especially against older women. Last year, 27 women were killed by men in Austria in Austria, and 14 of these women were over 60 years old. "The fight against violence against women has to be continued even more," says Ingrid Korosec, President of the Senior Citizens' Association. According to Korosec, violence is done regardless of social origin, nationality and age, often even in their own family. It is essential that older women in particular are informed about their rights and that violence should not be tolerated at any age, as reported by

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In addition, today's Equal Pay Day is pointed out to the financial inequalities between men and women. This symbolic day marks the time of the year until which women have to work "free of charge" in order to achieve the income of men. That is 44 days in 2025. The Stepstone salary report shows that women earn 12.4 % less than their male colleagues, which means around 7,000 euros gross difference. Korosec underlines that walness is not only restricted the financial freedom of women at short notice, but also has long -term consequences, such as lower pensions that lead to poverty in old age, which mainly affects women. It therefore calls for full wage transparency and automatic pension splitting as measures to combat old -age poverty, as from Boerse-express.com