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Building Back Better in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people?

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DESA joined a panel discussion on Building Back Better in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people? (9 March 2021), organized by HelpAge Asia Pacific and Asia Development Bank. Watch event here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knsCqfVlGiI&t=3387s

Photo:ⓒUNFPA Bangladesh / Ferdous Alka
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Equity, economic security for all and solidarity: reaffirming social development for a sustainable future

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UNFPA Two elderly people in Indonesia play with a child.
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Calls grow louder for more age-inclusive societies

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UN Photo
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Youth to UN: ‘Listen to us. Invest in us. Partner with us’

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