India needs to start treating its elderly with respect: Susan Somers S B Somers Inpea President of The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) : The world over, senior citizens have long been subjected to neglect. So much so that while the United Nations has given women, children or refugees special status and conventions have been designed to look after their needs, the UN has relegated the elderly to the status of others. For over a decade now, the elderly have been demanding convening an international convention to safe guard their rights. DNA (newspaper) Maitri Porecha talked to Susan Somers, a member of UN open ended working group, who was in India recently. She is rather disappointed the way India treats its elderly, and is now working tirelessly to ensure that the UN Convention on Rights of Older Persons gets framed. Read in detail and share: dnaindia/mumbai/interview-india-needs-to-start-treating-its-elderly-with-respect-susan-somers-2026471 #Seniorcitizens #OEWG #OEWG5 #AGEING #AGING #SILVERINNINGS Karma Kurry for the mind, body, heart & soul.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:17:28 +0000
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