Women receive salaries which are on average 14% lower than the salaries of men. The gender pay gap is also leading to a pensions gap which places women at greater risk of poverty. CITUB statistics show that 59% of retired women run the risk of finding themselves in a state of poverty, whereas with men this percentage is 43.
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