Older Women in India: The Context, Issues and Concerns

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The issues and concerns of older women have received little attention in the literature on women . They suffer from multiple disabilities-being old, being women, being widows, being poorer and being more unhealthy. In this context, the present volume offers a refreshing array of papers dealing with the different facets of older women’s woes. The book is a collection of 20 article presented at a National Consultation on Older Women held at Thiruvananthapuram in 2011. They were selected for their topical interest, academic relevance and policy implication from the several papers that were presented at this Consulation. An introductory chaptcontextualizes the problems, concerns, needs and aspirations of older women and their implications, and possible approaches for addressing them. The major issues discussed in these papers are: the ageing scenario in India with focus on older women, challenges of longevity for women and needed policy interventions, feminization of ageing and its implication for policy, strategies for older women’s empowerment and its various dimensions, identifying and addressing vulnerabitities, a geriatric physician’s perspective on health of older women, reproductive healt status of older women, widowhood, disparity in health status and health care utilization by older widows, ageing of the aged: emerging issues and their implications for older women, childless elderly women in rural areas, portrayal of elderly women on the Television, older women in old age homes, etc. A number of policy issues are presented, all of them with focus on empowering older women. The book will be of great interest to a variety of persons-academic researchers, gender studies specialists, gerontologists, professionals, activists and, above all, the policy makers. All of them will find in this volume ample food for their intellectual and policy making pursuits.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.K.B. Nayar

Prof. (Dr.) P.K.B. Nayar holds Masters’ degrees in 5 subjects two from the United States and three from India all with top grades, besides a Ph.D. degree in Sociology from USA. He is currently Chairman of the Trivandrum-based Centre for Gerntological Studies. Earlier he was Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, head of the Dept. of Sociology and Director of centre for Women’s Studies and of the Centre for Population research of the University of kerala, Dr. Nayar was a Visiting Professor in the University of Paris and Fulbright Visiting professor in some American Universities. He was Chairman of the Kerala Sate Education Advisory Board and Consultant to FAO, ILO, WHO and World Bank. He is the recipient of the French Government’s Award for Internationally Renowned Scientists. Author of 6 books (including the best seller Sociology in India) and over 100 articles in reputed Indian and international journals, Dr. Nayar is Currently directing two research projects the Govt. of India funded project on “Abuse of the Elderly” and ICSSR funded project “Gerontology for India”.

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Title
Older Women in India: The Context, Issues and Concerns
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9788189110369
Length
viii+375p., Illustrations; 23cm.
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