‘Over 50% of elderly women illiterate, abused’: HelpAge India report

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Over half of the aged ladies in India have been by no means employed. Most of them stay with their households. Half of them are illiterates. These are a few of the findings of the newest report of HelpAge India in regards to the state of ladies aged above 60 within the nation. 

The research, which was launched on Wednesday, additionally confirmed that somewhat over half of these surveyed ladies (54 per cent) have been married, whereas the remaining have been widows, which additional added to their emotional and bodily abuse. 

Fifty-two per cent of those ladies acknowledged elder abuse, of which 16 per cent mentioned they confronted bodily abuse. Disrespect and emotional abuse are the second most typical types of ill-treatment. 
The HelpAge research ‘Women and Ageing: Invisible or Empowered’ relies on a survey of seven,500 older ladies in 20 states together with Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Odisha; two Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh; and 5 metros together with Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

Most of the ladies surveyed felt that they have been discriminated in opposition to as a result of they have been widows. Even greater numbers of them mentioned they trusted others for essential choices, mentioned the report. Failing well being was a serious subject with older ladies. Around half of them suffered from a minimum of one continual sickness, however 64 per cent of them had no insurance coverage protection. 

Putting the research in context, the report mentioned that “between 2015 and 2030, the world’s elderly population (aged 60 and above) is set to increase by around 56 per cent. This would mean that the aged cohort will reach a strength of nearly 1.4 billion individuals, thus comprising almost 17 per cent of the global population.”  

In the digital age, 24 per cent of aged ladies mentioned the time spent by their youngsters with them was inadequate. The report mentioned measures must be taken for the therapy of continual sicknesses of older ladies, and technology-based well being options must be promoted. It mentioned that abuse might be addressed by an in depth marketing campaign. 

“It is a stark reality that women, as they become older, tend to become neglected and are often invisible. Women aged above 60 comprise 11 per cent of the total women population in 2021 and it will become 14 per cent by 2031 (10 crore of 72 crore),” mentioned Rohit Prasad, CEO, HelpAge India.

NEW DELHI: Over half of the aged ladies in India have been by no means employed. Most of them stay with their households. Half of them are illiterates. These are a few of the findings of the newest report of HelpAge India in regards to the state of ladies aged above 60 within the nation. 

The research, which was launched on Wednesday, additionally confirmed that somewhat over half of these surveyed ladies (54 per cent) have been married, whereas the remaining have been widows, which additional added to their emotional and bodily abuse. 

Fifty-two per cent of those ladies acknowledged elder abuse, of which 16 per cent mentioned they confronted bodily abuse. Disrespect and emotional abuse are the second most typical types of ill-treatment. 
The HelpAge research ‘Women and Ageing: Invisible or Empowered’ relies on a survey of seven,500 older ladies in 20 states together with Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Odisha; two Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh; and 5 metros together with Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Most of the ladies surveyed felt that they have been discriminated in opposition to as a result of they have been widows. Even greater numbers of them mentioned they trusted others for essential choices, mentioned the report. Failing well being was a serious subject with older ladies. Around half of them suffered from a minimum of one continual sickness, however 64 per cent of them had no insurance coverage protection. 

Putting the research in context, the report mentioned that “between 2015 and 2030, the world’s elderly population (aged 60 and above) is set to increase by around 56 per cent. This would mean that the aged cohort will reach a strength of nearly 1.4 billion individuals, thus comprising almost 17 per cent of the global population.”  

In the digital age, 24 per cent of aged ladies mentioned the time spent by their youngsters with them was inadequate. The report mentioned measures must be taken for the therapy of continual sicknesses of older ladies, and technology-based well being options must be promoted. It mentioned that abuse might be addressed by an in depth marketing campaign. 

“It is a stark reality that women, as they become older, tend to become neglected and are often invisible. Women aged above 60 comprise 11 per cent of the total women population in 2021 and it will become 14 per cent by 2031 (10 crore of 72 crore),” mentioned Rohit Prasad, CEO, HelpAge India.