This edition discusses how older people’s organisations can use the media to ensure that older people’s issues are properly reflected in public debate. It shows how organisations have worked successfully with the media, in particular to highlight elder abuse in India and to show the impact of the Age Demands Action campaign. It explains how new technologies are changing the way the media works and sets out practical guidelines on working with the media.

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This paper makes it clear that older people's rights are frequently violated and shows how existing rights mechanisms are failing to protect this group. HelpAge International believes that UN member states should discuss creating a new convention on the rights of older people with the appointment of a special rapporteur to monitor it.

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This issue sets out the case for a UN convention on older people's human rights, and the need to invest in older people. Other articles cover the right to decent work and show how brutality towards those accused of witchcraft can be stopped. It also describes the expansion of social pension schemes across the world and the activities of self help groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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This background briefing paper argues that the ageing of global populations is a major international challenge. We must invest in new structures and environments for our future ageing societies. Food security and access to decent work and health care are critically important to older people. The promotion of a minimum standard of social protection is recognised as essential for future economic growth and thus recovery from the current financial crisis.

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This issue includes information on making wills and writing Memory Books for PLWHAs. It celebrates the twentieth anniversary and the many achievements of of HelpAge Ghana and describes the plight of older people who are being accused of witchcraft in Kenya.

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HelpAge International's new "age helps" position encourages people to re-think their attitudes to ageing. This issue shows how much older people contribute to society and to their own development. You can find out how to apply an "age helps" approach to your own work, and how to spread the message that older people are a positive force for change.

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This report draws on focus group discussions with older people in Bangladesh, Peru and Uganda. It makes recommendations to the EU for including older people in decent work programmes, and providing them with social pensions.

Report funded by the EU.

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Ageways 72 celebrates the achievements of HelpAge International on its 25th anniversary. It also shows that, with the right support, older people can achieve much for themselves and their communities.

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This practical guide to older people's rights covers a wide range of issues, from pensions and social benefits to property rights. It includes comprehensive contact lists for easy reference, with many important addresses and telephone numbers.

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This leaflet offers valuable advice for older people in Moldova.

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