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HelpAge announces new Chief Executive Officer

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Toby Porter as our new Chief Executive Officer. Toby brings to his new role an impressive record in humanitarian and development programmes with Save the Children UK and Oxfam GB. He will take up his new post with HelpAge at the end of September.

New HelpAge CEO jumps the generation gap to tackle the challenges of ageing

HelpAge International, the global network that campaigns for the rights of older people, has announced the appointment of Toby Porter as its new Chief Executive Officer. Toby brings to his new role an impressive record in humanitarian and development programmes with Save the Children UK and Oxfam GB. Toby will take up his new post with HelpAge International at the end of September.

HelpAge calls for recognition of ageing at the United Nations

This week our Interim CEO, Silvia Stefanoni and Social Protection Adviser, Andrea McPherson, are attending and speaking at the meeting of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG) at the United Nations in New York.

A global “data revolution” will tackle inequality head on

New research we have conducted reveals how a few simple adjustments to standard international household surveys routinely used to collect population data could help us tackle inequality by ensuring global poverty data gives a true picture of the lives of millions of vulnerable people around the world.

Post-2015 High-level Panel fails to address the challenges of rapid population ageing

Last night, the UN High-level Panel on the post-2015 development process published its long-awaited report which sets out recommendations for a new global and universal development framework beyond the Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015. In a world where there will soon be more people over 60 than under 10, any new global development framework needs to address population ageing and its consequences.

One year on, EU falls short on promise to Palestinians

A year after all 27 EU countries committed to challenging settlement expansion, forced displacement, and demolition of Palestinian property in an unprecedented Foreign Affairs Council statement, approvals for illegal settlements have increased and hundreds of Palestinian homes and structures have been bulldozed despite EU saying this must stop.