HelpAge International, the global network that campaigns for the rights of older people, has announced the appointment of Toby Porter as its new Chief Executive Officer. Toby brings to his new role an impressive record in humanitarian and development programmes with Save the Children UK and Oxfam GB. Toby will take up his new post with HelpAge International at the end of September.
HelpAge International has challenged contestants in this year’s Young Lions Film Competition to inspire today’s youth into becoming campaigners to end age discrimination and fight for older people’s rights.
This week our Interim CEO, Silvia Stefanoni and Social Protection Adviser, Andrea McPherson, are attending and speaking at the meeting of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG) at the United Nations in New York.
To mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June, HelpAge has published new research that reveals the high levels of violence and abuse experienced by older women and men around the world. Older activists are also taking part in the Age Demands Action for Rights campaign in more than 20 countries.
To mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June 2013, HelpAge International has published new research that reveals the high levels of violence and abuse experienced by older women and men around the world.
New research we have conducted reveals how a few simple adjustments to standard international household surveys routinely used to collect population data could help us tackle inequality by ensuring global poverty data gives a true picture of the lives of millions of vulnerable people around the world.
New research, published today, reveals how with a few simple adjustments, standard international household surveys could be amended to ensure global poverty data gives a true picture of life for millions of vulnerable people around the world.
In support of the Government of Tanzania's effort to provide appropriate health services to older people, HelpAge International and Pfizer Inc are launching a programme to reduce ill health caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among older people in Tanzania.
In support of the Government of Tanzania’s effort to provide appropriate health services to older people, HelpAge International in collaboration with Pfizer Inc is launching a two-year programme that will contribute to the reduction of the burden of ill health due to non-communicable diseases among older people in Tanzania.
Last night, the UN High-level Panel on the post-2015 development process published its long-awaited report which sets out recommendations for a new global and universal development framework beyond the Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015. In a world where there will soon be more people over 60 than under 10, any new global development framework needs to address population ageing and its consequences.
A year after all 27 EU countries committed to challenging settlement expansion, forced displacement, and demolition of Palestinian property in an unprecedented Foreign Affairs Council statement, approvals for illegal settlements have increased and hundreds of Palestinian homes and structures have been bulldozed despite EU saying this must stop.
As EU ministers continue to develop their thinking at the EU level on a global post-2015 framework ahead of the UN Special Event in September 2013, the HelpAge European network writes collectively to call on you to ensure that a future framework reflects demographic realities in the world and is fully inclusive of people of all ages.
