Older Women in India : The Context Issues and Concerns

The issues and concerns of older women have received little attention in the literature on women. The 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 articles 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 consultation. An Introductory chapter contextualizes 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 vulnerabilities a geriatric physicians perspective on health of older women reproductive health 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.