Research & Policy Briefings The Effect of Equalisation of State Pension Age on Women 5 JANUARY 2016 In this briefing you will find: A briefing on the effect of the 2010 equalisation of state pension age on women Criticisms on the implementation of the equalisation which resulted in millions of older women being unfairly treated by the pension system Statistics from the journalist Paul Lewis and the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign which detail the lack of communication from the Government regarding the changes in the pension system Recommendations on how to help women who have been adversely effected by the changes including the implementation of transition arrangements for those who have been particularly badly affected Link to the report: The Effect of Equalisation of State Pension Age on Women Manage Cookie Preferences