An inclusive response to older persons in humanitarian emergencies

Published 2019
Type Guidelines
Theme Accountability to Affected Populations, Age, Communicating with Communities, Communication with affected populations, Disaster management, Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian Access, Humanitarian Assistance, Preparedness, Resilience, Safety & Security
Language English
Pages: 2
Uploader Rana Ayoub
Publisher(s) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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Location(s) Worldwide
Author(s) UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Disaster(s) Emergency
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Source: An inclusive response to older persons in humanitarian emergencies
Find more on these topics policy brief, Age, Older persons, human rights, emergency, population aging, capacity building, age-inclusive, emergency response
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This document can also be found on the official website of the United Nations at: https://www.un.org/The UN policy brief on “An inclusive response to older persons in humanitarian emergencies” focusses on older persons, because they are particularly at risk in disasters. In a context of rapid population ageing, a predicted increase in the number of disasters will result in large numbers of older persons impacted by humanitarian emergencies. This reality attests to the urgency of ensuring that policies and programmes are sensitive to the specific risks, challenges and strengths of older persons and encourage and support their contributions in all phases of risk assessment, disaster preparedness, crisis management and recovery programmes in order to fully respect their human rights and guarantee that no one is left behind.This resource is part of the collection "Engaging older persons in humanitarian response". Collections are monitored daily and new content is added.