CSocD59 Side Event: Digital Technologies and Older Persons: A Smart Mix

Date: Mon, Feb 8 2021 | Webinar
Time: 12:00am

The 14th annual AARP-United Nations Briefing Series, organized by AARP and DESA in collaboration with ITU and the United Nations Human Rights Special Procedures, aimed to examine how to ensure the inclusion of older people’s needs, interests and perspectives in efforts of the international community to optimize the use of digital technologies and mitigate its risks. In doing so, the event engaged new and current partners in a discussion to highlight the challenges faced by and opportunities for older people in digital inclusion; digital capacity building and ensuring that digital products, policies and practices comply with human rights principles and standards to protect older people.