Fight old-age poverty among women
The CDU wants a retirement system that is fair to both women and men. It should strengthen women's economic independence and fit the way women's working lives typically unfold.
Many women get a small pension when they are old. The CDU wants to change that. Pensions should fit women's lives better. Women should be able to support themselves.
The platform lists part-time work, career breaks for family and care duties, unequal pay and insecure jobs as reasons why women have lower pension claims. It adds that women have fewer chances to save through company or private plans. Because they live longer, they also need long-term care more often. From this the CDU derives its call for gender-fair retirement policy.
Show the original quote (page 82)
„machen uns stark für eine geschlechtergerechte Alterssicherungspolitik, welche die ökonomische Eigenständigkeit von Frauen fördert und weiblichen Biografien entspricht.“Translation: we advocate a gender-fair old-age security policy that promotes women's economic independence and matches women's life paths.
Placement
- Economyleaning more state
Targeted better protection for women in old age tends to mean more social balancing within the pension system.
- Societyleaning progressive
Retirement policy is to be geared more toward gender equality and women's independent financial security.