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Women's experiences and perceptions of age discrimination in employment
— implications for research and policy | | Author(s) | Helen Walker, Diane Grant, Mark Meadows |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 6, pt 1, January 2007 |
| Pages | pp 37-48 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Older women ; Middle aged ; Attitude ; Ageism ; Employment of older people ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | The experiences and perceptions of 12 women aged 50-65 in relation to the concept of ageism in paid employment were examined in a pilot study for a European Social Fund (ESF) funded project. The women were interviewed over the period March May 2004. The results show that whilst most of the women had faced (to differing degrees) or observed gender and age based discrimination, the experiences and interpretations revealed were not static, nor isolated from the wider historical, cultural and social contexts in which these women had grown up and grown older. It is therefore argued that policy attempts to combat age discrimination will need to take account of the gender dimension of ageism as well as the different ways in which it impacts on older women. For this to occur, more research and debate are needed on the issues raised in this paper. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070508208 A |
| Classmark | BD: SE: DP: B:TOB: GC: 4UC |
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