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Shelter is a basic human right for people of all ages, but for older people, the sense of security and comfort that a home provides is particularly important. Losing their home in a disaster or...
Despite UNHCR regulations that call for adequate ...
These Guidelines for best practice are based on wide-ranging new research from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas and many years’ global disaster experience. They aim to help relief agencies...
Older people have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, and their concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency programmes or planners. This analysis seeks to: (1) highlight factors...
To date, practitioners and policy makers have devoted scant attention to the impact of displacement caused by human rights violations, conflict and natural hazards on older men and women. Yet...
In humanitarian crises, older people are among the most vulnerable, but their needs and contributions receive little recognition when compared with, for example, children. The United Nations High...
This report begins with a discussion on why evidence matters, to inform and strengthen humanitarian response to emergencies. The report details why sex/ gender and age matter for evidenced based...
"This report brings together the available evidence to review how International NGOs, NGOs, Disabled People Organizations and other stakeholders contributing in disability and ageing sector with...
In 2014, HelpAge USA invited the Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program and the American Association for the Advancement Science (AAAS) to collaborate on an investigation of the...
The report presents an integrated approach for emergency preparedness and response that is grounded in the WHO Active Ageing Policy Framework. This approach adopts a life course perspective that...