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Carol Vordeman on Facing Up to Ageism
- This Morning
If someone said you 'looked great for your age' - would you take it as a compliment? While it might seem like a harmless turn of phrase, research has shown that casual ageism is making 68% of over 50s feel undervalued. And one person who agrees is 58-year-old Carol Vorderman. As she approaches the big 6-0, Carol tells us about facing up to ageism, and why she has no plans to slow down.
Are young people discriminated against for being young?
- BBC Ideas
You'll have heard about age discrimination. Usually it's understood to be discrimination against the older generation. But are young people discriminated against by society? Poet and campaigner Ife Grillo argues that 'youngism' is all around us.
Social Experiment #AgeDoesNotMatter
- Rimi Lietuva
Every second citizen of Lithuania has experienced age discrimination during job application. However, is age really that important when building a dream team? #Rimi has launched the social experiment that revealed how strongly our society stereotyped older people
