A lifetime of hard work — and still living in poverty | DW News

Nearly one in five Germans over 65 lives in poverty. Women are hit hardest. The pension system rewards paid employment but largely ignores years spent raising children. Theres, who started working at 14, retired after 46 years of work, and yet her pension is barely enough to live on.

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