Rights and Empowerment 11. Right of Senior Citizens (sec. 33) The State shall protect women senior citizens from neglect, abandonment, domestic violence, abuse, exploitation, and discrimination. Towards this end, the State shall ensure special protective mechanisms and support services against violence, sexual abuse, exploitation, and discrimination of older women. The DSWD currently has a program called Neighborhood Support Services for Older Persons. 93 The program involves the community/neighborhood to take effective steps to enhance members of the families in their care-giving capability to sick, frail or bedridden older person. This involves training volunteers who are willing to share their skills and service as resource persons of the community on the proper care of older persons147. 147 See more at: http://www.dswd.gov.ph/programs/communitybased/for-women/#sthash.7HdS8zjb.dpuf CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines