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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...
Older refugee women and men face particular challenges during the different phases of displacement (flight, displacement, resettlement, and reintegration). UNHCR staff and partners need to ensure...
This guideline, from HelpAge International, has been developed to support field teams to implement protection activities for older people in emergency and recovery contexts. Its primary targets...
Over the years, human rights bodies such as the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) have placed extensive emphasis on the need to protect socio-economic rights, especially of vulnerable...
The overall aim of the meeting (organized jointly by the Bingu Silvergrey Foundation for the Elderly and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Lilongwe, Malawi, 28-29 November 2007) was...
This collection is composed of resources dealing with the protection of elderly people during times of crises, disasters, emergencies, and post-disasters. These resources come from partners within...
This document can also be found on the Official website of the United Nations Population Fund at https://www.unfpa.org
This technical brief was developed...
This collection presents crucial resources, published by HelpAge Internationa, WHO, Trauma Monthly, Humanitarian Practice Network HPN; related to humanitarian responses to the needs of elderly and...
This document can also be found on the official website of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): https://unhcr.org/ This...
This document can also be found on the official website of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR): https://...