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<p>DFID’s Strategic Vision for Gender Equality underlines the need to focus on each
stage of the lifecycle if we are to achieve our ambitions to leave no-one behind.
This includes recognising the contribution of older women and considering them in
efforts to empower women economically.</p><p>Better data and understanding of the
situation of older women is essential for tackling the poverty and discrimination
they face. DFID is investing in improving collection and use of disaggregated data
(by sex, age and disability) to enable us to empower and include those who are too
often invisible or face additional barriers to escaping poverty, such as older people.
For example, we have led the way on the Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan and worked
with others to improve the international development system on disaggregated and inclusive
data.</p><p>The UK is also committed to shining a spotlight on the vulnerabilities
of widows globally, including raising awareness of the discrimination and abuse often
faced by older widows. At the Commission on the Status of Women in March, the UK helped
secure the first ever United Nations-level recognition of the need to invest in adequate
measures to protect and support widows.</p>
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