On 11 March the FPSU trade union federation organised a protest outside the Kiev offices of the International Monetary Fund, calling on it to change its proposals to increase the pension age for women as well as the number of years of contributions to get a pension. The unions argue that they have alternative proposals to improve funding of the pension system that will be more effective than the cuts targeted at women.
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