| Author: John Knodel |
| InfoShare Partner: Gender and Aging in SE Asia and the Developing World |
| Publication Date: July 2004 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Gender, Population growth/trends |
| Region: Asia/Pacific |
| Language: English |
| Additional information: In K. Mehta (ed.), Untapped Resources: Women in Ageing Societies Across Asia, 2nd edition (pp. 141-160). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic Press, 2004. |
| Number of Pages: 20 |
| File Size: 96 KB |
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There has been an increasing trend among international organizations and forums to advocate “the integration of a gender perspective into all policies, programs and legislation” dealing with aging. In the case of Thailand this would appear to make only limited sense. On many dimensions of well-being during old age, gender is unlikely to be a particularly sensitive marker of vulnerability and it would seem unwise to elevate gender above all other markers, particularly poor economic status that can and does characterize both elderly Thai women and men in large numbers. Moreover, to the extent gender is incorporated in policies targeting the older population in Thailand, both government and non-governmental organizations would do well to consider the gender specific needs of both sexes rather than assuming only older women merit attention. Only in these ways will an effective and just set of policies emerge to serve the rapidly increasing numbers of Thai elders.
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