 
	Meet older women’s advocate Maria Ludovica Bottarelli Tranquilli-Leali
Maria Ludovica Bottarelli Tranquilli-Leali, President and European Women’s Lobby Board member for Italy, is a long-standing advocate of women’s rights. Committed to raise awareness of the multiple discrimination faced by 
	Confucianism and the later life choices of older Chinese living in Belgium
Chinese emigrants are the fourth largest group of non-European foreigners in Belgium, after Morocco, Turkey and Russia. Tina Pan, a Chinese national working in Belgium at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, elaborates on 
	‘I no longer feel that learning opportunities are encouraged for people of my age‘
Salvatore’s story is emblematic of the discrimination many people are experiencing due to their age as they are looking for work and learning opportunities. My day starts normally at around 
	‘Social isolation in Cyprus is more common to persons with disabilities’
Maria looked after her widowed mother with dementia after her father passed away. As she is involved in the Pensioners board of PASYDY Cyprus, she genuinely reflects on the isolation 
	‘When I am an old woman, shall I wear purple?’
Just like in the poem of Jenny Joseph, Laura Christ, proud member of the Older Women’s Network Netherlands (OVN-NL) and OWN Europe, reflects the fantasy of being a different person 
	‘It was a strange process’: Vicki’s experience as an informal carer
Vicki is still working. As she cares for her husband with early dementia, she had to adapt her professional commitments accordingly. And yet nothing is being done to help her 
	Old age poverty has a female face: Being an Elderly Migrant Woman in Sweden
Monica Cristea, vice-chair of RIFFI, the Federation of Migrant Women Associations in Sweden and member of European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) sheds light on the additional barriers migrant women 
	Belgian Center for Equal Opportunities calls for action against age discrimination in access to driving insurances
In a move to end age discrimination against older drivers, Unia, the Belgian Center for Equal Opportunities, formally calls on Belgian minister Kris Peeters to take action. About 1 in 
	‘I feel this hidden discrimination from people’s gaze and attitudes’
Sait Mentes Birlik shares a moving testimony about his journey from Turkey after he started to live with the Guillain-Barre syndrome: a striking evidence that interwoven discriminations further hinder the 
	 
           
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