On 23 June, we lost one of our dearest friends, Fransis Kupang, the Executive Director of COSE in the Philippines. He was an inspirational leader and a tireless, passionate, expert and hugely effective advocate for the rights of older...
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting ageism well and truly in the spotlight. But civil society is fighting back. I spoke with Prof. Issi (Israel) Doron, who is the head of the Center for Research and Study of Aging at the University of Haifa.
On Saturday 1 December the World’s HIV community will come together to mark World AIDS Day. This year we are focussed on ‘Getting to Zero’ in an effort to achieve a generation where no one dies of AIDS, no one newly acquires HIV, and the rights of all people living with or affected by HIV are upheld. While we, as a care and support community, fully endorse these three goals, we remain concerned about the limited attention being given to the care and support needs of those living with and affected by HIV and the lack of recognition of the crucial role of caregivers in the HIV response.
I'm Juliana, Gender and Legal Coordinator for HelpAge International in Tanzania. Over these regular blogs I'd like to give you a flavour of the work we do here in Sukumaland as we work towards improving older women's rights. Women...
A new campaign launched today by HelpAge International is raising awareness amongst young people of what it means to be older. The Make it Ageless campaign will raise awareness of the rights and welfare of older people including those living in poorer countries, such as Kenya.
We are very happy to announce that we are once more an official Blog Action Day partner! Blog Action Day is a free event for bloggers, social media users, vloggers, podcasters, designers, infographic and data producers. It's a great...
Two years ago, we asked you for your views on our publications, newsletters, blogs and social media. We then used your comments to give you what you wanted: Specific facts, figures and maps on all the regions (and countries)...
As regular readers of this blog know, older people in disasters rarely make the headlines. Japan, of course, has changed that. Many media commentators have said that the distinguishing feature of this particular disaster will be the numbers of...
This week I continue with Rosaleen's quest for positive stories on ageing in the media. I spend a large part of my work day going through articles, blogs and alerts and it can be disheartening. Older people aren't necessarily...
My clock radio doesn't realise it doesn't need to wake me as I'm on holidays, so I'm not usually happy to hear John Humphries or James Naughtie's dulcet tones when I should be having a lie-in. But this week...
