Cyclone Phailin, which crashed into the north eastern coast of India at the weekend, has moved inland, bringing with it more heavy rains and destruction. Huge quantities of rain have been battering Bihar state, where around 5 million people live along the banks of the Koshi and Gandak rivers.
Our sister organisation, HelpAge India is responding to the needs of those affected by cyclone Phailan.
On 1 October 2013, the United Nations' International Day of Older Persons, HelpAge International is launching the Global AgeWatch Index 2013 — the first-ever to measure the quality of life and wellbeing of older people around the world.
On 1 October 2013, the United Nations' International Day of Older Persons, HelpAge International is launching the Global AgeWatch Index 2013 — the first-ever to measure the quality of life and wellbeing of older people around the world.
Neues Indikatorensystem in Kooperation mit dem Weltbevölkerungsfonds UNFPA entwickelt
In a landmark decision in Geneva today, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution that creates the new position of independent expert on the human rights of older persons.
Today, our interim Chief Executive Officer, Silvia Stefanoni, will attend the UN Special Session on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and post-2015 at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Research published today by HelpAge, ADD International and Sightsavers in partnership with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) reveals how discrimination, social exclusion, bullying and violence are everyday experiences for many marginalised people.
The fourth session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing took place last week in New York (12-15 August 2013. Civil society presence in general was stronger than ever and united in its call for a new convention on the rights of older people.
The fourth session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) will meet in New York between 12 and 15 August 2013. The OEWGA, which is made up of all UN member states, was set up in 2010 to discuss the possibility of a new human rights instrument dedicated to older people’s rights.
A new HelpAge report – endorsed by Save the Children - reveals that the needs of older people and young children are not being catered for in the humanitarian system’s response to emergencies around the world.
The needs of older people and young children are not being catered for in the humanitarian system’s response to emergencies and disasters around the world, aid agencies HelpAge International and Save the Children said today.
