Sexuality and rights in later life

Willis, Paul and Hafford-Letchfield, Trish; Torres, Sandra and Donnelly, Sarah, eds. (2022) Sexuality and rights in later life. In: Critical Gerontology for Social Workers. Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 81-96. ISBN 9781447360476 (https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2fjwq1s)

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Abstract

Social work is a human rights-based profession. Advocating and upholding human rights is a core activity embedded in the international definition of social work (IFSW, 2014). In the context of supporting older people, this intersects with the United Nations (UN) Principles for Older Persons (United Nations, 1991), which sets out independence, participation, self-fulfilment and dignity as principles integral to supporting older people to fully participate in society. Missing from discourses both on ageing and on human rights is an understanding of sexual rights.

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