October 19, 2022
India needs more robust policies for elderly women with disabilities
The lack of institutional care, ineffective policies, and certain social norms put elderly women with disabilities at greater risk of elder abuse and neglect.
Shreya Raman is an independent journalist based in Mumbai covering gender, health, and public policy. In 2019, she was a finalist for the Impact Journalism Grant for a report on women farmers in India. Her reports have been published in Scroll, The Wire, The Quint, Business Standard, and Bloomberg Quint. She has a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.