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Press releases and statements
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02/04/2009 G20 funding must deliver social security for world's poor Responding to the G20 announcement to make $750bn available to the IMF to assist emerging and developing countries, HelpAge International is urging for funding to be used to build social security schemes that put money directly into the hands of the world’s poor and deliver long-term income security.
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10/12/2008 As UDHR turns 60, older people still fighting for rights As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrates its 60th birthday today, millions of older people worldwide are still being denied the basic rights and freedoms it provides.
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01/12/2008 UN 'will fail to meet targets' on universal access The United Nations will fail to meet its target of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 if older people continue to be excluded from global responses to the pandemic, charities HelpAge International and Help the Aged warn on World AIDS Day 2008.
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15/10/2008 Older people remain in camps after conflict in Northern Uganda Older people internally displaced by the conflict in Northern Uganda remain in camps, facing countless challenges in returning to their homes, research undertaken by HelpAge International and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed.
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01/10/2008 Older people worldwide call for recognition and support Older people in 36 countries worldwide will join together on Wednesday 1 October, the UN International Day of Older People, under the banner of Age Demands Action – a global campaign calling for recognition and support of older people’s vital contribution to society.
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01/08/2008 Older people invisible in international AIDS response Ahead of the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City next week, HelpAge International, the global network promoting the rights of older people, is renewing its call to UNAIDS that indicators on HIV and AIDS be amended to include people over the age of 50.
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13/05/2008 HelpAge International steps up Myanmar response HelpAge International is supporting the efforts of the YMCA to bring relief to those affected by Cyclone Nargis. Some 3,000 people have already been reached in the districts of Hlaingtharya, Bogalay and Labutta, where the YMCA has set up three community kitchens and is providing health check-ups and basic medicines.
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23/04/2008 HelpAge urges action on older women's rights in Tanzania HelpAge International, the global network striving for the rights of disadvantaged older people, has submitted evidence to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to highlight violations of older women’s rights in Tanzania and make recommendations for government action.
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10/04/2008 Pension could protect world’s poorest against rising food prices HelpAge International has today renewed its call for the introduction of a universal social pension in the wake of rising food prices that are currently affecting the world’s poorest people.
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12/03/2008 HelpAge and The Guardian launch journalist competition HelpAge International is partnering the Guardian Newspaper UK and 7 other NGOs in an International Development Journalist Competition to find aspiring UK-based journalists who care about issues faced by older people in the developing world.
