“Realising Older People’s Rights in Moldova” is a project that has been implemented by HelpAge International in Moldova in partnership with the local NGO ‘Second Breath’ and financed by Irish Aid. It has been a major success due to the contribution made by 10 NGOs and Older People Support Groups (OPSGs) in 10 regions in Moldova and has benefited over 30,000 people.

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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 brief outlines perceptions towards the pilot pension in Katete District, Zambia. It gives a summary of the impacts which have been observed on areas such as nutrition, health, education and the local economy, and also outlines the practical benefits and challenges of implementing the scheme.

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This document summarises the study conducted in February 2009 by HelpAge International and the Department of Health and Social Welfare in Zanzibar. It shows that providing a guaranteed minimum income to all older people is both necessary and possible. It recommends a universal, non-contributory pension and describes how this can be implemented.

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This study of the needs of older people in Zanzibar was completed in 2009 by HelpAge International, with its partner, the Zanzibar Department for Health and Social Welfare. It recommends that a universal pension scheme (to be called an Older People's Grant) would be the best way of reducing the poverty amongst older people in Zanzibar.

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Older citizens monitoring is a process which promotes dialogue and interaction between older people, civil society organisations and governments. It was first introduced in Ethiopia in 2004. This project aims to ensure that the concerns of older people are included in woreda (district) government planning and service delivery. It is part of the process for developing poverty reduction strategies and plans to decentralise government services.

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This report analyses the effectiveness of the World Bank’s Unified Monthly Benefit top-up, and whether it reduces the vulnerability of the poorest households to food and fuel price increases. It provides a snapshot of nine communities in five oblasts (administrative zones) of the Kyrgyz Republic and tells the stories of the people most seriously affected by these price increases.

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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 leaflet outlines the work of HelpAge International. It explains specific ways HelpAge can help governments, international bodies, NGOs, community groups and academics. It describes the unique worldwide alliance that is HelpAge's network, and how it stands up for the rights of older people.

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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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