Ninzizi, a Burundi refugee who is mute and has mental illness (c) Ben Small/HelpAge International
Something exceptional is taking place in London on 24th July: the first ever Global Disability Summit.
Co-hosted by the UK and Kenya Governments and the
A delegation from HelpAge International, the Network on Ageing in the USA and Ms Lina and Ms Annie from Ormoc in the Philippines, launched the first Disaster and Age Risk Index today.
The report was unveiled by Annie who untied...
Older women, people over 70, and older people with disabilities at greater risk.
Earlier this month, I attended the intersessional meeting between civil society and the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG) in New York. The OWG is the group of UN member states that is leading the process towards...
HelpAge is looking for a Health Adviser to join its team.
India: Population Ageing - Policy case study
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.
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 report provides a wide range of good examples of when data has had a positive effect on the policy and programming process. It also looks at strategies for overcoming barriers to and promoting the uptake of data in policy and practice.
