The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals' eighth and last stocktaking session has been taking place at the UN headquarters this week. Participating in the event has been a mixed experience: one minute older people are completely side-lined.
Philosophers have long used the "trolley problem" to debate issues in ethics around how we treat others. Reading a recent personal blog by Marc Dubois, Executive Director of MSF UK, on why older people are ignored in humanitarian emergencies...
My assignment in Battambang, was to complete an internship with HelpAge Cambodia as part of my Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Toronto in Canada and Darren was eager to contribute also. Darren is an architect...
"One in every two children born today will see their 104th birthday". This was just one of many remarkable predictions and challenges that Al Gore placed in front of a packed auditorium last Thursday at the World Economic Forum...
This blog explores some of the key findings from Pension watch briefing 12 which is available in English and in Spanish. These are based on two longer pieces of research (in Spanish). Since 2008, Bolivia's social protection regime for...
Christmas is big in the Philippines. Filipinos start putting up their yuletide decorations the moment the name of the month ends in "ber" (yes, as early as September!). Christmas lanterns line the streets packed with people on their way...
We were driven up the east coast of the island from Cebu City close to the shore with glimpses of the beach and sea from time to time. There was a Sunday road race with cyclists in Lycra outfits....
This week at the European Parliament, two Slovenian MEPs, Ivo Vajgl and Tanja Fajon, hosted a conference on the topic of a UN convention on the rights of older people. The aim was to explore how a UN convention...
In this post Professor Jane Falkingham and Dr Athina Vlachantoni talk about their chapter on Social Protection for older people in Central Asia, published in 'Social Protection for Older Persons: Social Pensions in Asia.' You can read more about...
Affliates of the HelpAge global network were out in force at this year’s European Development Days (EDDs) conference in Brussels last week, united in our aim to call attention to an otherwise largely neglected topic: global population ageing. Repres
In this blog Dr Athina Vlachantoni and Professor Jane Falkingham talk about their research into gender and old-age pension protection in Asia, as discussed in their chapter in ‘Social Protection for Older Persons Social Pensions in Asia' The gender.
In my role as communications officer at HelpAge in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), I recently went to Beni to organise and take part in a two-day workshop with media professionals from radio, television and print journalism. The...
