Gender gap in pensions closing

The gender gap in old age pensions has decreased this year, according to the Czech Statistics Office. At the end of last year, women received roughly a fifth less than men, in June of this year it was just 13 percent less, on average. Men receive an average monthly pension of 21,520 crowns, women get roughly 2,500 crowns less. The rise in pensions for women stems from a new amendment to the pensions’ law according to which they get an additional 500 crowns for every child raised.