Championing the rights and wellbeing of older people alongside a global network of partners and local NGOs is at the core of HelpAge International’s work. But entrenched ageism and discrimination mean that the rights of a growing population of older people continue to be overlooked.
Today we are unveiling a refreshed version of our Pension Watch website. It was first launched in 2010 as a knowledge hub dedicated to monitoring the right to social security in older age, with a focus on tax-financed social...
Last week in New York, the Third Committee, one of the working committees of the UN General Assembly, adopted a landmark resolution on older people’s rights.
HelpAge International, the only global organisation with a singular focus on providing assistance to and advocating for disadvantaged older people, has been selected to receive the 2012 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of $1.5 million. The Prize will be presented at the Global Philanthropy Forum on April 16 in Washington, D.C.
As an organisation centred on human rights, we at HelpAge International want to put voices and participation of older people at the heart of what we do.
This week, there has been a special focus on older people at the...
A new set of guidelines for civil society organisations wishing to influence their governments to support a convention has been launched.
A new study by HelpAge International and Handicap International has found a significant disparity between the needs of older people and people with disabilities and the level of humanitarian assistance delivered to meet their needs.
Barriers older people face to enjoying their right to health and how we can drive progress.
"It's the most beautiful thing there is, to be able to do what I want because I feel free. A person without independence would be as good as dead," a 71-year-old woman from Costa Rica told us.
Being able to...
Professor Ian Linden is Policy Director at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. "Family" is a term that prospers from vagueness. It invariably gets a good press from religious leaders and politicians and a not so good one from psychiatrists...
