Sajid Javed, home secretary of the UK, revealing his personal experience of suffering through racial abuse and threat, has announced that Ageism can become a hate crime under a law review.
Mr. Javed asked the Law Commission to investigate if ageism and misogyny can be categorised in the same field as sexual and racial offences. About one million older people are estimated as victims of physical financial, psychological and sexual abuse each year. However, the punishment both- convictions and sentences are rare and lenient.
