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Time to reflect
By Rachel Albone, Posted 13 June 2011 See more by this blogger
The High Level Meeting closed on Friday, so now it is time to reflect. The last few days have been a mixture of highs and lows. On Thursday, we were hugely disappointed to hear that the language relating to... Keep reading
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Working for women's rights in Tanzania
By Juliana Bernard, Posted 04 June 2011 See more by this blogger
I'm Juliana, Gender and Legal Coordinator for HelpAge International in Tanzania. Over these regular blogs I'd like to give you a flavour of the work we do here in Sukumaland as we work towards improving older women's rights. Women... Keep reading
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Chronic illness - getting older people on the agenda
By Mark Gorman, Posted 09 May 2011 See more by this blogger
It should be a no-brainer. When the UN convened a summit on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to take place in New York this September, ageing and older people should have been high on the agenda. No reference to older people... Keep reading (2 Comments)
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Air of expectation at first session of new UN working group on older people's rights
By Bridget Sleap, Posted 19 April 2011 See more by this blogger
Today was the first session of the newly created Open Ended Working Group on Ageing at the UN in New York. This new UN working group was established at the 2010 UN General Assembly to look at strengthening the... Keep reading (4 Comments)
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Your opinion counts! Tell us how we're doing
By Jane Scobie, Posted 07 April 2011 See more by this blogger
Two years ago, we asked you for your views on our publications, newsletters, blogs and social media. We then used your comments to give you what you wanted: Specific facts, figures and maps on all the regions (and countries)... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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