Forgotten workforce: older people and their right to decent work

This timely report highlights the scale of work carried out by older people
in low- and middle-income countries.

It highlights the range of difficulties they face such as their working conditions, their exclusion from credit or training programmes and their lack of job opportunities, simply on the grounds of age.

The report calls for governments, international organisations and civil society (including both employers and trade unions) to recognise that older  people – whether they choose to work or whether they have to due to circumstances beyond their control – have as much right as anyone else  to work that is decent.

It also calls for the inclusion of older people in initiatives to promote decent work. Its recommendations are essential for us to build the fairer and more sustainable world to which we all aspire.

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