For ten years, the Serbian Red Cross and HumanaS network have lobbied for a better quality of living for older people in Serbia. We have lobbied for many changes in legislation, such as the introduction of social pensions for...
Last week, International Federation on Ageing's 11th Global Conference took place in the picturesque city of Prague, Czech Republic. The theme of this year's conference was "Ageing Connects". Discussions revolved around active ageing, ending elder abuse,
Everyone in Kenya over the age of 70 will be entitled to a new, guaranteed monthly income after the country's Cabinet Secretary of Finance Henry Rotich announced the launch of a universal pension in January 2018.
On World Health Day, 7 April, HelpAge is coordinating Age Demands Action campaigns in at least 26 countries – all calling for better health services for older people, including better provision for dealing with hypertension.
Since stories of the current drought in Ethiopia and its impact have started filtering through in the media, comparisons have been made with the events that inspired Live Aid almost 25 years ago. This time, however, the focus and...
This briefing explains why responding to population ageing and furthering the rights of older people are urgent issues for the EU’s development cooperation, and proposes how the EU can strengthen its development policy.
In just three weeks the Photo Competition on the "Working Elderly" became a people's research project, revealing the widespread and diverse nature of older people's work. With nearly 3,000 pictures uploaded it is a permanent online record of older...
A Saturday in Brussels Getting up at six in the morning on a Saturday when you have a wretched cold isn't exactly everyone's idea of fun. But strangely enough, I didn't actually mind too much. I was in Brussels,...
The UN High-level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda is meeting this week on the Indonesian island of Bali. This is the fourth meeting of the panel, which later this year will deliver a key report with recommendations for a future development framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals after 2015. The main focus for the meeting in Bali is the role of global partnerships for development.
