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In der alternswissenschaftlichen und alternspolitischen Vortragsreihe des Deutschen Zentrums für Altersfragen (DZA), Berlin, wird Prof. Dr. Hoimanti Dasgupta (Department of Sociology, University of Kalyani, India) am 30. Oktober 2008 um 17:30 zum Thema "Poverty and Social Exclusion of Indian Women in Later Life: Some Reflections" referieren.
Old age is considered a growing problem today all over the world. Old age, already a problem of advanced societies, is fast assuming a crisis dimension in the developing countries including India. The problem in India is serious for a couple of reasons.
First, the size and composition of the Indian population
with a significantly large proportion already knocking at the door of the hall for the grey that is threatening in terms of its sheer volume.
Second, the march of this great tradition towards modernity with unprecedented possibilities of economic development, powered by the recent forces of globalization and consequent degeneration of a plethora of traditional institutions like joint family, caste and neighbourhood in providing social security to the aged. Not withstanding the march of globalization with greater acceleration in recent times.
Third, a large proportion of the Indian population is still economically disadvantaged and trotting hard to take themselves out from the clutch of hunger.
Old age is admittedly a problem world wide. Nevertheless, the Indian situation is differentiated from many others in view of existence of some
vices like widespread illiteracy, gender discrimination that often push the marginal categories within the aged population into deplorable state of affairs. Devoid of the erstwhile security provided by the joint family, for instance, the aged in India today are facing unparalleled helplessness in general and the situation for the marginalized categories like women and other excluded sections of the population is further miserable. Further among the aged women, there is a large section of widows. The effect of the family cycle is more traumatic for them. They become the victim of economic crises and face the risk of being excluded from their family and society.
The ensuing presentation strives to roam through the issue of poverty and social exclusion in later life in India within the aforesaid parameters. Admittedly, the attempt is exploratory in nature as it travels through different dimensions of the problem, most of which are relatively less-articulated in the academic circle as yet.
Die Veranstaltungen der öffentlichen Vortragsreihe finden statt im
Deutschen Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA)
- Großer Sitzungsraum, 3. OG -
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2
12101 Berlin
Anfahrt:
U-Bahnlinie U6, Haltestelle "Platz der Luftbrücke" (Flughafen Tempelhof), Buslinien: 104, 248
http://www.dza.de/DE/vortrag - Informationen zur Vortragsreihe des Deutschen Zentrums für Altersfragen. Hier finden Sie auch Informationen zum Veranstaltungsort.
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