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Retirement Security

Women still have substantially lower lifetime earnings than men. Lower lifetime earnings mean lower retirement income and smaller savings. At the same time, women live longer than men, face higher health care costs, and spend more years alone in retirement, posing additional financial challenges.

The Latest The latest fact sheets, reports and information from the National Women's Law Center's Retirement Security team. Testimony of Joan Entmacher to the Senate Committee on Aging: Social Security - Keeping the Promise in the 21st Century (June 17, 2009)

Preparing for Retirement A collection of information about your retirement, as well as presentations and fact sheets from past conference calls and webinars. Webinar: Planning for the Future: What Women Need to Know About Pensions and Savings (July 9, 2009) Webinar: Planning for the Future: What Women Need to Know About Social Security (June 23, 2009)

Economic Recovery: Meeting the Needs of Women and Families The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will help women and families through these tough times, and preserve and create jobs for women and men. NWLC Summary: How the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan Addresses Women’s Needs

A Platform for Progress: Building a Better Future for Women and Their Families With the 2008 election behind us, it's time to look to the future and work together to tackle the issues that are so critical to women and their families. A Platform for Progress: Building Economic Security Poll Findings: What Women Want

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ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

SOCIAL SECURITY:

• The Fight Against Privatization

• Testimony of Joan Entmacher to the Senate Special Committee on Aging: Social Security: Keeping the Promise in the 21st Century (June 17, 2009)

• Strengthening Social Security Benefits for Widow(er)s: The 75% Combined Worker Benefit Alternative - Executive Summary (November 2008)

• Strengthening Social Security Benefits for Widow(er)s: The 75 Percent Combined Worker Benefit Alternative (November 2008)

• Joan Entmacher Testimony to Social Security Subcommittee (January 16, 2008)

• Fact Sheet: How Social Security Benefits Women & Their Families (May 2005)

• Fact Sheet: Women of Color and Social Security (Updated April, 2005)

• Report: Increasing Social Security Benefits for Women and Men with Long Careers and Low Earnings (June, 2003)

• Options for Reforming the Special Minimum Benefit (Presentation for the Institute for Women's Policy Research Conference, June 24, 2003)

• Widows, Poverty, and Social Security Policy Options (August, 2000) (published by the National Academy of Social Insurance)

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PENSIONS:

• The Spousal Rights Provisions of the Restoring Pension Promises to All Workers Act Would Increase Women's Retirement Security (June 28, 2007)

• Closing Loopholes in Spousal Pension Protections: Summary of Spousal Protection Provisions in S. 1783 (March 15, 2006)

• Comments of NWLC, OWL, Pension Rights Center and Alliance for Retired Americans in Support of Preserving the Value of Pension Benefits for Surviving Spouses (August 2005)

• Women and Seniors' Groups Urge Senate to Improve Spousal Pension Rights (September 16, 2003)

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