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Older women's lives and voices
— participation and policy in Sheffield |
| Author(s) | Joe Cook, Tony Maltby, Lorna Warren |
| Corporate Author | Growing Older (GO) Programme, Economic & Social Research Council - ESRC |
| Journal title | GO Findings: 21 - Research Findings from the Growing Older Programme, September 2003 |
| Publisher | ESRC, Sheffield, September 2003 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | ESRC Growing Older Programme, Department of Sociological Studies, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TU. www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/gop/index.htm |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Older women ; Quality of life ; Participation ; Social policy ; Projects ; Research Reviews ; Sheffield. |
| Annotation | Relatively little is known about the lives of older women from minority ethnic groups in the UK. Recent (auto)biographical accounts have challenged some of the stereotypes applied to older women and their activities. However, older women from such groups are among those experiencing particularly poor health and low levels of income. Obstacles to having a say can be increased for older women by discrimination and racism. The way in which the Older Women's Lives and Voices (OWLV) study was carried out recognised current attempts in research and policy-making to encourage the involvement of marginalised groups. An exploratory study, the main focus to date has been on the development of the project's participatory methods, assessing them alongside findings on the lives and voices of the older women taking part. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031119201 A |
| Classmark | TK: BD: F:59: TMB: TM2: 3E: 3A:6KC: 85C |
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