Important points here for #SRHR & ageing. Shirin Heidari calls for an intersectional approach which considers social, cultural, and psychological factors. This is about human rights & of course sexual rights #SexRightsAge A mini-thread ⬇
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @SRHMJournal
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @SRHMJournal
Shirin argues that because of an increasing older population across the globe, "Meeting the unmet SRHR needs of the older population requires integrated care and a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to health services"
Not only that but "Concerted efforts are required to put in the spotlight the SRHR needs of older people, with particular attention to how these needs are affected by factors such as gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, and other intersectional factors"
She calls for advocacy to "ensure that a life course perspective is incorporated in the global health and development agenda, in order to respect and fulfil the rights of all individuals across their life span to enjoy safe and pleasurable sexual activity...
free from coercion, discrimination, violence and disease" 🙌
Shirin's paper is from 2016 and the arguments made remain incredibly important, perhaps even more so given the impact of Covid-19 on sexual health services, and the exacerbation of ageism across the globe
Shirin's paper is from 2016 and the arguments made remain incredibly important, perhaps even more so given the impact of Covid-19 on sexual health services, and the exacerbation of ageism across the globe
So a call to action. Let's keep ageism on the agenda. Not only that, let's keep sexual health/well-being & reproductive health in the context of older age, on the global agenda. We need to keep it in the public consciousness if we are to progress the sexual rights of older adults
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