HelpAge International welcomes universal pension in Zanzibar
The first government funded universal pension in East Africa is to be launched in Zanzibar this Friday (15 April).
...of income despite facing a range of health and disability challenges. Although the Zanzibar health policy states that older people should receive free healthcare, this policy has not been effectively...
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...of income despite facing a range of health and disability challenges. Although the Zanzibar health policy states that older people should receive free healthcare, this policy has not been effectively...
The African Union and HelpAge urge member states to promote the rights of older people in Africa
The African Union Commission (AUC) and HelpAge International have urged African Union Member States to develop and implement policies that protect the rights of older people in Africa.
Older people count: ensuring data is fit for purpose to create a better world for all ages
A high-level panel, to launch HelpAge International’s 2015 Global AgeWatch Index and discuss how the Sustainable Development Goals will impact on issues around ageing will take place at the United Nations Secretariat in New York today.
CommonAge and HelpAge announce strategic partnership
HelpAge International and the Commonwealth Association for the Ageing - CommonAge - announce a formal strategic partnership.
Social Protection for Older Women
By Isabel Ortiz and Florian Juergens
"While women's disadvantage in older age is mainly a result of discrimination throughout the life-course, the design of gender-sensitive pension systems is essential."
Gender equality and women's empower
Over 400 civil society groups from across the world unite to demand world leaders act together to fight COVID-19 and deliver a plan to build back better
In response to the global crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, community volunteers, local civil society groups, and major Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have joined forces to demand a 12 point plan from world leaders.
125 years on – world’s first state pension still shaping lives across the globe
Berlin, October, 2014 – On the 125th anniversary of Otto von Bismarck’s creation of the world’s first state pension, a conference assessing his international legacy and the future of pensions globally will be held in Berlin.
The food, fuel, finance crisis: The Philippines under the spotlight
The Philippines is not new to struggling through one crisis after another. However, the relentless shocks brought about by climate change-related disasters, combined with recent economic blows including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war, have plunged the country into inflation, debt, and crisis.