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- This is Age Demands Action
- English
- 1.3 mb
- 2013
This booklet describes the progress of the Age Demands Action campaign, profiling some of its leaders, and explains why a UN convention on the rights of older people is necessary.
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- Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies
- English
- 1.4 mb
- 2013
These guidelines advise humanitarian workers on how to address the nutritional needs of older people in emergencies, recommending five key action points.
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- Interventions sur la sécurité alimentaire et les moyens de subsistance des personnes âgées dans les situations d’urgence
- French
- 1.1 mb
- 2013
French translation of Food security and livelihoods interventions for older people in emergencies. This manual provides guidance for the implementation of four key action points to ensure the delivery of food security and livelihoods’ interventions which meet the needs of older people and other vulnerable groups in emergencies.
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- Protection interventions for older people in emergencies
- English
- 1.2 mb
- 2013
These guidelines advise humanitarian workers on how to address the protection needs of older people in emergencies, recommending five key action points.
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- Older people in emergencies: identifying and reducing risks
- English
- 2.3 mb
- 2013
These guidelines systematically review the main risks to which older people are exposed in emergency situations. It is intended for humanitarian practitioners and emergency managers involved in the design and implementation of emergency programmes.
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- Working with older persons in forced displacement
- English
- 435 kb
- 2013
This guidelines, developed with UNHCR, look at the protection risks faced by older people in contexts of forced displacement. They provide guidance on key protections concerns and risks, as well as key actions agencies can take to address them.
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- Building understanding of ageing issues through the media (Thai)
- Thai
- 514 kb
- 2013
This booklet summaries best practice on how to use the media to advocate for ageing issues at both local and national level. This includes videos, television programmes, short film, community radio and social media. The project is supported by UNFPA and implemented by our network in Thailand; FOPDEV and AgeNet Chiang Mai.
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- The power of community in disaster risk reduction: Experience from Chainat province, Thailand (Thai)
- Thai
- 690 kb
- 2013
This booklet provides good practice on community-based disaster management from the 2012 severe flooding in Thailand. This includes lessons learnt on clean drinking water, volunteers for older people and older people’s associations.
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- Cooperation between ASEAN and civil society on disaster management (Thai)
- Thai
- 745 kb
- 2013
The leaflet gives information on the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) and AADMER Partnership Group (APG) formed to assist in the implementation of AADMER.
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- Guidebook to the community-based healthcare model for civil society networks
- English
- 1.7 mb
- 2012
This guidebook for for civil society organisations working with older people describes a model of community-based healthcare developed in Moldova in which groups of older volunteers support family doctors to monitor older people’s health status and raise awareness of diabetes and hypertension.
