Publications

This issue includes articles on what income-generating activities can do, planning and financing a project, and case studies on a sheep-farming scheme in Ethiopia and a craft project in Jamaica.

This issue includes an article outlining some of the issues facing those close to death and their carers, people’s hopes and fears about death, and schemes in the Philippines that aim to help cover funeral costs.

This issue includes an article on ways to include disabled older people in development activities, disability awareness raising, and a credit scheme in Haiti that helps blind older people to economic independence.

Ageways 66 looks at why older people's needs and capacities are overlooked in emergencies, with practical methods to ensure their inclusion. Also, how communities can protect themselves from natural disasters.

This issue includes information on the neglect of ageing issues in development, a short discussion on gender and ageing, and an outline of a five-year research programme on nutritional vulnerability.

This issue includes information about research in Ghana on the contribution of older people to development and a discussion of the marginalisation of older people at the Global Meeting of Generations.

This issue includes an article on the widespread lack of understanding by relief agencies of the needs of older people and a report on violence against older people.

This issue contains a briefing on the widespread neglect of older people in UN summits and conferences, and an examination of the relief effort in the Indian state of Orissa following a cyclone in 1999.

This issue includes a report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ work towards a plan of action on ageing, and a discussion on witchcraft beliefs in northern Tanzania.

This issue includes a profile of volunteer home-helpers in South Korea and a discussion of the impact of conflict and economic sanctions on older Kurdish people in Northern Iraq.

This issue includes a briefing on the need for an intergenerational approach to HIV and AIDS, and profiles of a Lithuanian NGO supporting older women and a project to capture the memories of older Cambodians.

This issue includes an article on the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS, and a briefing on the opportunities offered to older people by the inclusion of civil society in the development process.