National level conference on Bridging the Inter-generational Gap: Challenges and Opportunities in the Neo-Liberal Economy

28-29 March 2019

Abstract

Organizer: Department of Social Work, Central University of Karnataka, India

The Conference

Neoliberal economy has brought stunning and significant global changes through the free movement of people, technology and business across the geo-political borders of the nations. As a result of the neoliberal economy, the social transformation has been witnessed in the developing and the under-developed societies. India is no exception to this phenomenon. Individual, family,groups, organizations, culture and communities have shown altogether a different pattern. Families are exposed to family dynamics is undergoing drastic changes resulting in intergenerational gaps and emerging of different challenges and responses to meet the elderly care, support and protection needs.  Vulnerability, maladjustment, abuse, harassment and abandonment of elderly are the major issues to deliberate and respond. According to WHO, the elderly would account for 22% of the world's population by 2050. Therefore, elderly population is a huge proportion of the general population. Quality of life, empowerment and wellbeing status of elderly has significant impact on the general wellbeing of the society. The aim of the conference was to bring different stakeholders under one roof, providing platform for discourse and ring out reading materials in the concerned field of intergenerational gap.