Elderly people use their mobile phone while strolling on the Promenades des Anglais beachfront in the French riviera city of Nice on August 31, 2017. In a largely saturated telecommunications market, there is still a large share of the population that remains under-equipped and offers growth prospects: senior citizens. / AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE
LONDON: Clever robots and advanced mobile phones could make life much easier for older women – if only someone would ask and stop treating them like “old idiots”, said a top United Nations campaigner for the rights of the elderly.
Silvia Perel-Levin, chairwoman of the UN’s NGO Committee on Ageing in Geneva, said older women must be involved in the design of new technology and not merely consulted when a product is finished so their opinions and needs are not overlooked.
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