WORLD ELDER ABUSE The meeting will be inaugurated by the AWARENESS DAY The Centre for Gerontological Studies is Honorable Justice Antony Dominic Chairman of organizing a meeting to commemorate the State Human Rights Commission and Sri. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Organized By Loknath Behera IPS will deliver the Keynote World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held on address. Sri. Jafar Malik IAS and other CENTRE FOR GERONTOLOGICAL June 15th and is an annual international UN distinguished guests will address the audience. STUDIES observance day on the same date each year. You are most cordially invited with family to The day came about as a result of UN On June 15th Saturday, 3.30 PM, at attend the observance day and make it a grand resolution 66/127. success. PRESS CLUB With a growing global population of elderly people and as longevity increases, abuse of the elderly is an serious problem that affects Dr. P.K.B. Nayar Dr. John Kattakayam (Adjacent to Government Secretariat Annex) health and human rights and can cause death, Chairman, CGS Director,CGS so it is vital to raise awareness of it and thus prevent it whenever and wherever possible.

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Programme Schedule The Centre was launched in 1983 as Sri. Haneefa Rawter an international Centre for inter General Secretary, disciplinary studies in research on Welcome Speech: Dr. P. K. B. Nayar Senior Citizens Service ageing. The major objective has been Chairman, CGS Council study, research, training, extension and publication. Over the years it also Presidential Address: Sri Jafar Malik IAS undertook advocacy for the ageing. The Centre has conducted several Director, Social Justice Discussion research projects on ageing for international, national and state Inaugural Address: Hon. Justice Antony Dominic Chairman, Kerala State Human agencies. These include the various Rights Commission Vote of Thanks: Dr. John Kattakayam UN organizations – WHO, ILO, Director, CGS. UNICEF, FAO and the different Key Note Address: Sri. Loknath Behera IPS ministries of Government of and DGP & Kerala State Police Statutory bodies like ICSSR and

Chief ICMR. The Centre was awarded the Vayoshreshtha Samman in 2009 -

Felicitations: Padmashri Dr. M. R. Rajagopal the highest award given by the Founder & Chairman Government of India in the field of Pallium India ageing. In 2016 the UN ECO-SOC conferred Special Consultancy status. Sri. Amaravila Ramakrishnan General Secretary, Senior

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