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  Grandmothers Promote Maternal and Child Health: the Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems' Managers

  Knowledge and Learning Centre, Africa Region, WB, 2006

  In most known societies senior women or grandmothers are the managers of indigenous knowledge (IK) systems that deal with the development, care and well-being of women and children. Grandmothers are expected to advise and supervise the younger generations.
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  Gender, Poverty, and Intergenerational Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

  Oxfam, 2002

  Older women and young girls in developing countries are likely to be affected by HIV/AIDS, but tend to fall outside the boundaries of mainstream development research and practice on HIV/AIDS. This article explores the reasons for the lack of attention given to these groups and identifies what steps are needed to ensure their needs are also met.
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  African Women and Ageing: Nairobi, Beijing, and the Implications for African Gender Scholarship

  Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2006

  Are older women given sufficient attention in the Nairobi declaration and the Bejing Platform for Action? This article argues that, although these declarations mention older women, identifying them as a 'vulnerable group' needing special attention, they fail to adequately recognise the important social roles they play and the gender inequalities they face.
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  Gender and Ageing Briefs

  HelpAge International, 2002

  Aimed at practitioners and policy makers, these briefs cover six key issues in ageing, gender and development:?gender in an ageing world;?age, gender and HIV/AIDS;?participation for older men and women;?humanitarian crises: hearing and understanding older people's gender needs;?violence and older people: the gendered dimension; and
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  Grandmothers: a Learning Institution

  2005

  To what extent are development programmes overlooking the potential role of older women, or 'grandmothers', as valuable resources in children's education? This paper examines evidence regarding the role of grandmothers in children's development, particularly in terms of education, in Africa, Asia, Latin America,the Pacific, Aboriginal Australia, and Native North America.
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  The Gender Implications of Pension Reforms. General Remarks and Evidence from Selected Countries

  2006

  Globally, women make up the majority of older people, as well as the majority of the elderly living in poverty. Despite these facts, and despite international and national commitments to gender mainstreaming in all policy fields, concerns about gender equality have been largely absent from mainstream pension policy debates, and from mainstream academic research on pension reforms.
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  Men, Ageing and Health: Achieving Health Across the Life Span

  2000

  Gender norms and expectations affect men's health throughout their life course, including in old age. For example, men often avoid seeking care due to the belief in many cultures that health-seeking behaviour is a sign of weakness. Older men may be particularly vulnerable since they may be less tied into social networks than women.
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  Caring and Contributing: the Role of Older Women in Multigenerational Households in the HIV/AIDS Era

  Oxford Institute of Ageing, 2007

  Older women are much more likely to be affected by, rather than infected with, HIV and AIDS. They are often the primary caretakers of the sick, of the children of the sick, and of children who have been orphaned due to AIDS. They may also help pay for medical treatments, transportation and school fees for children and grandchildren, as well as household subsistence needs.
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  Women2000: Gender Dimensions of Ageing

  2002

  The impact of gender inequalities in education and employment opportunities increases through every stage of the lifecycle, hitting hardest in old age. As a result, older women are more likely than older men to be poor. Men and women also suffer different health problems as they age, and women's lack of access to adequate care is sharpened by their higher levels of poverty.
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  A few considerations to be made when developing gender sensitive indicators on ageing

  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2002

  What issues need to be taken into account when developing gender sensitive indicators on ageing? Men and women experience ageing in different ways. In order to design policies that promote equality and justice in old age, it is necessary to analyse ageing and its impacts on populations from a gender perspective.

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