I am writing this on the flight back from Nepal to London, after a quick three day visit. It is now just over a month since the terrible earthquake that struck on 25 April. I travelled there with Sola...
HelpAge and our Philippines partner, the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE), today joined with Handicap International, Leonard Cheshire Disability Philippines Foundation and CBM to launch the Aging and Disability Task Force (ADTF) in the Philippines.
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...
Making a Living Last Longer highlights the significant barriers older people around the world face in trying to make a living.
HelpAge is looking for a consultant to conduct a review of community-based social protection systems and their impact on the sustainability of Older Persons Associations (OPAs) in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique.
This week I'm in New York at the follow up and review session of the intergovernmental meetings for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Older women and men across the globe are calling for a follow up, implementation, review and appraisal process...
The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Rosa Kornfeld-Matte as the new Independent Expert on the full enjoyment of the human rights of all older persons.
On November 11, 2014, over 40 leaders from across Latin America, including the banking, microfinance, academic, and aging advocacy sectors, will join together in Bogota, Colombia for a roundtable on the topic of Aging and Financial Inclusion.
As the current MDGs approach the 2015 deadline, Global AgeWatch Policy Brief 1 presents why ageing and investing in older people must be reflected in the post-2015 framework. It recommends an accountable, rights-based and age-inclusive policy framework that supports people across their life course, and across social, economic and environmental domains.
There are many things I wish for in the world: I wish I could help every older person in need in the world. I wish everyone would see the needs of older people in their world - near and...
