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International Women's Day: Things have changed - but not for all of us

By Margaret Chilcott, Posted 04 March 2011 See more by this blogger

Looking back at the last 100 years since International Women's Day started, I count myself fortunate to be born in the ‘baby boomer' era, a couple of years after the Second World War. It has given me the opportunity... Keep reading (1 Comment)
UN Commission on Social Development: Kim and Kenneth's intergenerational experience

By Kim Karris, Posted 10 February 2011 See more by this blogger

I knew we had at least two things in common before walking into the UN Commission on Social Development together: we both care about older people and we are both attending our very first UN meeting. For Kenneth, a... Keep reading (3 Comments)
People go first at the UN

By Jane Scobie, Posted 10 February 2011 See more by this blogger

I am currently at the Commission for Social Development, held at the UN in New York. It's looking a little old on the outside, the paving stones are broken, the 1950s interior has lost much of its glamour and... Keep reading (1 Comment)
The long wait for freedom: How a 115-year-old woman was delighted to vote in Sudan referendum

By Navdha Malhotra, Posted 28 January 2011 See more by this blogger

A defining moment for the South Sudanese people, the Sudan referendum is bound to have major implications for the African continent and rest of the world. Steering away from the usual political and social analysis of what could soon... Keep reading
Holocaust Memorial Day: Older people's stories of past were inspiration to fight today's oppression

By Caroline Graham, Posted 27 January 2011 See more by this blogger

This evening, I have just returned from an excellent and moving film screening in London for Holocaust Memorial Day. The day is marked on January 27, the day that the Nazis’ most notorious and deadly concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau in... Keep reading (2 Comments)