THE CITY OF GENERAL TRIAS EGALITARIAN ADVOCACY TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERED SENIOR CITIZENS COMMUNITY

This paper explored the policies and initiatives of the City of Gen. Trias by scaling its egalitarian advocacy towards one of its marginalized sectors, the Senior Citizens, examining the key elements that enabled the city to foster more inclusive and empowered community, while also drawing insights from relevant case studies and best practices from the Philippine setting and beyond. The study builds framework that proposes a comprehensive strategy for the City of General Trias to balance its advocacy efforts and create a more inclusive and empowered community for its senior citizens. The findings suggests that the local government must shortened bureaucratic obstacle by adopting Information Technology (IT) in barangay-level administrative system to shorten the lengthy procedure and record redundancy, ensuring safety and mobility of older adults, designing an inclusive transportation system to improve the autonomy and independence of the elders, allowing senior citizens to navigate their surroundings with ease and confidence.