On International Women's Day, we hear from activist Margaret Itola Kabango about women's empowerment in Uganda. Margaret has been an Age Demands Action (ADA) campaigner for seven years, sits on the ADA steering group and before that she was...
The third session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG) takes place in New York between 21- 24 August and will discuss gaps in the protection of older people's rights and how to address them
Campaigners from all over the world took part in our Age Demands Action on Health campaign on World Health Day. This year we saw some incredible achievements, which we wanted to share with you! Kyrgyzstan After three years of...
More than 60,000 older people took action as part of the Age Demands Action campaign in 2011. On Human Rights Day, I wanted to share some of their thoughts about older people’s rights and why they matter to them....
This guide shares good practices and challenges that have emerged through the experience of the Age and Disability Capacity Programme (ADCAP) implementing partners in embedding the inclusion of older people and people with disabilities within their humanitarian policies and practices.
Last week HelpAge network members from Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Korea met in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The purpose of the meeting was to start an exciting, new EU-funded project focused on strengthening the network
Last week, HelpAge’s ICASA pre-conference on HIV and ageing in Africa took place. The conference has been in the planning for many months and we are pleased to report it was a great success! The first day started with...
