Rights and advocacy guidelines

Download our guidelines on older citizens monitoring and working with the media.

Older citizens monitoring

Older citizens monitoring (59 kb)

Older citizens monitoring is a process that promotes dialogue between older people, civil society organisations, governments and service providers.

These guidelines, aimed at programme managers, explain how older citizens monitoring works and what it can achieve.

More resources:

Ageways 67: Older citizens monitoring (1 mb)

Older citizens monitoring in Ethiopia: a handbook (708 kb)

Working with the media

Working with the media (60 kb)

The media has a vital role to play in raising awareness of older people's issues and generating support for older people, but older people are widely under-represented in the media.

These guidelines, aimed at programme managers and communications staff of older people's organisations, provide practical suggestions for working with the media.

More resources:

Ageways 74: Working with the media (900 kb)