Supporting older people in India to fight COVID-19
The second wave of COVID-19 is devastating India. GRAVIS and HelpAge India are stepping up to the challenge across the nation.
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Older people at severe risk from the bombardment in Gaza
Around 10 older people in Gaza have already been killed by the recent escalation in violence and many more are at risk, living in houses exposed to the bombardment
US decision on vaccine TRIPS waiver could be a game-changer for older people
The decision by the US government to support a TRIPS waiver on the patents protecting Covid-19 vaccines could be a game-changer in the campaign to ensure equitable distribution of the vaccine around the world.
Generation Equality: Don’t side-line older women!
After the first meeting of the UN Generation Equality Campaign in Mexico, HelpAge is appealing to leaders, civil society and feminist movements not to side-line older women if they want to achieve the desired progress towards gender equality.
States continue to fail older people at UN
The 11th session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing took place last week while the COVID-19 pandemic continues and in the aftermath of some of the gravest violations of older people's rights.
UN must deliver convention on older people’s rights as COVID-19 exposes systemic ageism
Activists will demand urgent action for a UN convention for the rights of older people at a global UN meeting on ageing today, amid evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has brutally exposed systemic ageism and the dangerous lack of protection of older people's human rights.
New Global Report puts timely spotlight on Ageism
The publication by UN bodies of the Global Report on Ageism marks an important step forward in the campaign to end ageism, putting a spotlight on an issue that often goes unrecognised in society.
In Memory of Cho Ki Dong, a HelpAge founder and pioneer of work for older people
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death this month of Cho Ki Dong, founder and Honorary President of HelpAge Korea.
HelpAge International welcomes the launch of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing
Older people must be at the heart of the Decade if we are to ensure that their rights are recognised by decisionmakers at community, country, regional and global levels.
If not now, when? – Country focus on Yemen
Older people are being failed in emergency humanitarian responses around the world, overlooked in needs assessments and response plans.
UK’s foreign aid cuts mark a retrograde step for international aid
In response to a cut to the UK's commitments on foreign aid, Justin Derbyshire, Chief Executive at HelpAge International highlighted the devastating impact this decision could have on the most marginalised in societies in low- and middle- income countries.