Life in old age
Nepal is experiencing rapid ageing, which is especially accelerated by outmigration of the younger generation from the mountainous regions. Image: Sarah Speck
Maya Chhettri, picture, is living alone and has to work everyday to maintain a living, her sons migrated and her husband died almost 20 years ago. The only help she gets is her allowance which is especially targeted for widowed women, she was lucky to know about that allowance thanks to her neighbours.
Sarah Speck: Ageing in the Global South: A case study on life in old age from Nepal PhD Thesis 2020
SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2018