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22 June 2022 | Ageing

Joining forces for solidarity and equal opportunities throughout life

The UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing 2022 took place in Rome, Italy, from 16 to 17 June 2022. The Conference completed the fourth review and appraisal cycle (2018-2022) and marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Madrid…
30 May 2022 | Ageing

The Healthy Ageing 50

The Healthy Ageing 50: A call for government, civil society, industry and academic leaders transforming the world to be a better place in which to grow older The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) is an opportunity to work together to improve…
07 March 2022 | Ageing

Shameful Contrast: Inequality at the Intersection of Age and Gender

AARP, the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the Permanent Mission of Argentina, UN Women and the UN Special Procedures Office of the Independent Expert on the Rights of Older Persons will organize a virtual event on Tuesday,…
15 April 2021 | Ageing

Protect Older Persons from Violence, Abuse and Neglect

This Side Event was held during the 11th session of the Open-ended Working group on Ageing and considered the topic of Access to Justice from the perspective of violence and abuse and neglect. A number of presenters considered issues pertaining to…
15 April 2021 | Ageing

Global Palliative Care Needs of Older Adults in the Pandemic

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care was honored to convene a side event at the 11th UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing with experts Dr. Farzana Khan, Ms. Harmala Gupta, Dott Simone Cernesi, Dr Zipporah Ali, and Mr.…
15 April 2021 | Ageing

United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021- 2030)

The side event on the margins of the 11th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG11) was co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the…
15 April 2021 | Ageing

Access to Justice at the Intersection of Disability and Older Persons

Access to justice is a basic principle of the rule of law: a guarantee for people to exercise their rights, and hold perpetrators and decision-makers accountable. However, both older persons with or without disabilities, and persons with…
15 April 2021 | Ageing

The First UN Global Report on Ageism

This first side event of the 11th session of the UN Open-ended working group on ageing was opened by Ms Masumi Ono (UNDESA) and had the first UN Global report on ageism at its core, with Dr Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez (WHO) presenting its key findings…
15 April 2021 | Ageing

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Human Rights of Older Persons

As part of the 11th Session of the United Nations Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, the International Longevity Centre of Canada hosted a side-event entitled "The Impact of COVID-19 on the Human Rights of Older Persons: An International Dialogue”…
15 April 2021 | Ageing

COVID-19 and Older People’s Rights: Social Connectedness and Belonging

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed how current human rights standards and practices fall short in protecting older people’s rights. Kim Samuel, Founder and Chief Belonging Officer, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness; Dr. Henry Shue…
31 March 2021 | Ageing

Drug Use Among Older Persons a ‘Hidden Epidemic’

Drug use among older people globally has risen in recent years and countries must act to address this “hidden epidemic”, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said in its annual report, issued on Thursday.  The independent expert body…
18 March 2021 | Ageing, Youth

Ageism is a global challenge

Ageism leads to poorer health, social isolation, earlier deaths and cost economies billions: report calls for swift action to implement effective anti-ageism strategies Every second person in the world is believed to hold ageist attitudes – leading…

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