This study by HelpAge International and the Zanzibar Department for Health and Social Welfare recommends that a universal pension scheme is the best way to alleviate poverty among older people.
This briefing explains the nature of gender inequality in older age and recommends how the EU's development and external action policies on gender equality and women’s empowerment can be implemented in a way that will benefit all people in older age.
Older people in crisis in Argentina: an urgent need for action
Louise Cripps, HelpAge's Rights Policy Intern, writes about the impact of UN conventions and whether this justifies a push for a convention on older people's rights: Today, Kenya is reporting in their first Universal Periodic Review at the United...
Older people's lives at risk: Addressing the crisis in Ethiopia.
Older people in urgent need of support in Malawi.
Older people's lives at risk: Addressing the crisis in Mozambique
Sri Lanka's economic crisis hits older people hards - an urgent call for action.
Action needed for Tanzania's older people in crisis.
Older people in crisis in Yemen: an urgent call for action
