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EU Pension systems and migrant women: 

EU Pension systems and migrant women Poor, Poorer, Poorest? A focus on the socio-economic situation of older migrant women in Europe 22-23 September 2005 Lydia la Rivière Zijdel European Women‘s Lobby

Slide2: 

What are women‘s rights? Pension out of ‚upaid‘ labour?

Gender neutral EU pensionsystems?: 

Gender neutral EU pensionsystems? Systems are based on nuclear family-model income + employment dep. fulltime employment for an uninterrupted period EU immigraton policies: close the borders! No gender Systems do not regecognise care and domestic work as ‚unpaid‘ labour parttime employment low income economic independence

EU pensionsystems: 

EU pensionsystems Differences: countries with 1, 2 or 3 systems only from employment combination with state pension individual pensien civil rights number of years in country pension age disability pension

Pensionsystems: 

Pensionsystems Similarities: height of monthly state pension however big difference with new member states construction of employment pension widow pension income related dependency

7 EU pensionsystems: 

7 EU pensionsystems

Women, diversity and pensionsystems: 

Women, diversity and pensionsystems Is different for: migrantwomen illiteracy (total or partial) lack of education ethnicity women without employment history: disabled women divorced women widows women who sold their pension rights

Feminisation of poverty: 

Feminisation of poverty 1 out of 4 female single living pensioners are living in poverty! Women get only a 1/3 pension out of employment in comparison with men Migrant women get lower state pensions Disabled women low budgets and life long poverty Lisbon strategy?

What needs to be changed: 

What needs to be changed Disconnect pensionsystems from the nuclear family model Carreer break through ‚care‘ tasks should be counted Fair pensions also by low incomes also for ‚house-wives‘ Payments should not be income-dependent

What needs to be changed: 

What needs to be changed Pay pension to everyone who contributes to the systems (solidarity) migrant women Promote economic independence of all women Increase possibilities for women to build a 2nd pension

What needs to be changed: 

What needs to be changed Freedom of migration within Europe for all women Build up pension rights and health care rights should be migrated within the EU Chaining of pensions build up throughout the EU

Paradigm change on employment, economy,pension and nuclear family model: 

Paradigm change on employment, economy,pension and nuclear family model