Letter

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Recognition of older women

As an older woman, Misha’s story really hit home. The older women facing retirement today with little or no super are the same women who gave up their own lives and careers to raise families, care for others and hold communities together.

Women constitute the highest percentage of carers, they always have. Their sacrifices made life easier for everyone else, particularly men. They’re now being left behind.

We need workplaces that support younger women with children now, fairer pay and super for all and affordable housing for older women. Most of all, we need to value care — past and present — as real work that deserves security, dignity and respect.

— Meg Schwarz from Macclesfield