Sexual and reproductive health and rights of older men and women: addressing a policy blind spot

Global debate on required policy responses to issues of older persons has intensified over the past 15 years, fuelled by a growing awareness of the rapid ageing of populations. Health has been a central focus, but scrutiny of global policies, human rights instruments and reports reveals that just as older people are excluded from sexual and reproductive health and rights agendas, so are issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights wholly marginal to current agendas focused on older people.
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: ISSUES IN CURRENT POLICY Source Type: research