NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ The subjective details should be complied with the UN Principle and International Plan of Action. Gender disaggregated data of elderly citizens should be well kept. Effective monitoring of the facilities provided to the elderly citizens, such as, old age home, special wards in hospital, day care centre, and heath club. There should be gender equality and rural-urban balance in all the programmes directed at the elderly citizens. Skill development programmes that enable the senior citizens to engage in the income generating activities while staying at home. Home nursing and mobile clinic services should be conducted. The budget allocated by the government for destitute and needy people in the government hospitals should also be used for elderly citizens, and its monitoring should also be effective. There should be a policy to involve those senior citizens who are willing to volunteer. The education of psycho-geriatrics and geriatrics nursing should be promoted by incorporating them into the syllabus of higher education. Senior citizens should be allowed to participate in the international level exchange programmes as guest lectures, and in the national ‘know-the-country’ programmes. Provisions should be made to increase the access of elderly people to museums, theatre, cinema, and public transportation. There should be a separate queue and other facility for elderly citizens in the religious sites and vehicles. The law should be amended in such way that the elderly citizens crossing a particular age limit are not imprisoned. There should be legislation to control the domestic and social violence against elderly women. The success stories of famous elderly people should be disseminated through the media, and there should be programmes to felicitate them. Programmes to generate and enhance the awareness of elderly people’s rights should be organised. Senior citizen related programmes should integrate social service and health service. Prevention measures should be taken for senior citizens’ road safety. Home service should be provided to the incapable senior citizens for the payment of tax and other charges as well for banking. 3.3.4. Suggestions for Prison Reform Section 9, subsection 2 (e) of the Human Rights Commission Act 1997, has provided for the Commission’s duties and responsibilities, as per which the Commission can inspect the government bodies, jail and other agencies, and contribute its suggestions on improving these bodies’ activities and physical facilities. Hence, the Commission’s officials and employees have been carrying out regular inspection visits to jails and apprised the HMG of the measures to improve the situation in jail. The Commission’s Action Plan concerning Jail Reforms is in line with the Commission’s Strategic Plan, 2004-2008. The Action Plan shall include the current situation of various jails, and initiative taken by various NGOs and inmates to request the concerned authorities for improving the jails. 18