Publications

This paper describes the different options that have been suggested at the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing about creating and strengthening human rights instruments to better protect and promote older people’s rights.

This call to action outlines ten reasons why the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing should recommend the strengthening of legally-binding standards on the rights of older people.

This paper provides an overview of the scope and rigour of the current international human rights framework with relation to respecting, promoting and protecting the rights of older people.

All over the world, older people are coming together to claim their rights – and becoming a real force for change. Their global grassroots movement, is called Age Demands Action (ADA). It’s the only one of its kind in the world.

This report, from a February 2012 meeting, takes stock of HelpAge’s position and thinking on income security in older age. Acknowledging an increasingly vibrant debate around social protection, growth, employment and poverty reduction, this report discusses work and livelihoods, pension systems and political economy. It also outlines how HelpAge aims to build on the insights and learning in its direct programming, advocacy and policy work.

This Global AgeWatch Policy Brief discusses the challenges older people face and their enabling roles in the current context of slow economic growth, uncertainty and rising unemployment. It highlights that national policies and programmes should be shaped to recognise their needs for secure livelihoods, and their rights to decent work and social protection.

Global AgeWatch Policy Brief 3 highlights how older women and men are both affected by environmental change and are key contributors to the planet’s sustainability. The opportunities and challenges of global ageing should therefore be central to sustainable development agendas such as Rio+20 and the post-2015 development framework.

This report highlights the key findings and recommendations of a survey carried out in twelve villages across six provinces of Kyrgyzstan between December 2011 and January 2012. The aim of the publication is to gather and present information about abuse against older people.

This report highlights the key findings and recommendations of a survey carried out in twelve villages across six provinces of Kyrgyzstan between December 2011 and January 2012. The aim of the publication is to gather and present information about abuse against older people.

This report highlights how, in IDP communities, older people play a pivotal role. They are often the primary care-givers of their grandchildren and of orphans. Yet despite this, they often experience particular assistance and protection challenges, and are frequently the last to achieve durable solutions to their displacement, as wider efforts focus on younger generations.

French translation of Protecting older people in emergencies: good practice guide. This good practice guide highlights the need for agencies to better understand and address older people’s needs during emergencies, and to integrate their contributions into interventions.

This paper discusses some of the emerging challenges to sustainable development in the run up to Rio+20. It also provides recommendations for policies that support healthy and resilient ageing populations in the outcomes of the summit and the post-2015 framework.