Summary
We conducted an assessment of age discrimination in the workplace and found that half of all workers who responded to our survey experienced some form of age discrimination. Women were more likely to be victimized by age discrimination.
As a result of this survey, we are conducting workshops and developing webinars to combat age discrimination in the workplace. We found that discrimination made older workers feel isolated, invisible, lonely, marginalized, and at times resulting in retirement earlier than they had wished.
We are proposing personal, social, and political engagement to combat age discrimination. We plan to make the information gathered/created available to the public and to our local community. Ageism is a critical social problem which needs to be addressed on the personal, social, and political level. Global population ageing is a reality and twenty-five percent of the population cannot be marginalized by discrimination.
Key facts
Main target group: Older people in general
Sector(s): Labor
Desired outcome for older people:
Build and maintain relationships
- Ageism
- Elder abuse
- Intergenerational activities
- Technologies