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Age Demands Action works nationally and internationally to combat age discrimination.

Nationally

National delegations will raise the issues that matter to them and are specific to their country.

To find out what each country delegation is calling for visit the country profiles pages.

 

Internationally

Human rights

We want a UN Convention on the Rights of Older People to ensure all older people's rights are protected in the same way as other groups who are often discriminated against.
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Why a convention is needed now

Read our policy paper on why a convention is needed

HIV and AIDS

We want the data used to monitor progress on fighting HIV and AIDS to include people over 50.
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Fighting poverty

We want universal pensions to be included in strategies to achieve the world's target of halving poverty by 2015.
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