The objective of the paper is to analyze the impact of the social security policy on the well-being of elderly women … and their families. The importance of studying elderly women refers to their increasing proportion on the total of elderly … participation of woman in the labor market and the widespread coverage of the social security system, women are more likely to take …

related to maternity protection. ILO conventions dealing with women protection with respect to social security benefits as … well as the main issues defended by women organizations in world conferences sponsored by United Nations are presented and … analyzed in this paper. For the Brazilian context, it is presented a list of the main differences between men and women with …