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Meet the Age Demands Action activists
By Henry Matthews, Posted 21 September 2010 See more by this blogger
Older campaigners across Europe are joining forces on 1 October to make their voices heard. They will not only be taking action to demand change in their own countries but to campaign for their governments to better support the... Keep reading
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Age Demands Action in Africa
By Gacheru Maina, Posted 05 September 2010 See more by this blogger
From Sierra Leone, to Ghana, to Tanzania, campaigners have shown their support for Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by joining together and raising their index fingers at 1pm on 1 October - but they didn't... Keep reading
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Should we push for a UN Convention for older people?
By Bridget Sleap, Posted 06 May 2010 See more by this blogger
Louise Cripps, HelpAge's Rights Policy Intern, writes about the impact of UN conventions and whether this justifies a push for a convention on older people's rights: Today, Kenya is reporting in their first Universal Periodic Review at the United... Keep reading
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Where are the voices of older people in the climate change debate?
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 26 November 2009 See more by this blogger
On 7 December 2009, Copenhagen will host the United Nations debate on climate change. It is important that the declarations or protocols that emerge from this conference include the views of groups of people already suffering, or who will... Keep reading
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Barack Obama's grandmother joins ADA in Kenya
By Henry Matthews, Posted 21 October 2009 See more by this blogger
Sarah Obama (pictured on the right), the grandmother of US president Barack Obama, has joined our Age Demands Action campaign by donning an ADA T shirt and showing her support for older people's rights around the world. Too often... Keep reading
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