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Older persons are entitled to equal protection under international human rights and humanitarian law. Building awareness about the rights and needs of older persons is the first step to reducing...
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...
"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...
In emergencies, the poorest people suffer hardest and longest, including significant numbers of older people. Older people are often at least as vulnerable as other population groups, such as...
This report from HelpAge International offers older people the space to share their hopes and concerns. It also gives them an opportunity to talk about the challenges affecting their daily lives....
This study gives an overview of how disability and ageing issues have been incorporated into water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes. It presents a ‘mainstreaming continuum’ as a...
Given that the frequency and severity of natural disasters as a result of climate change are likely to increase, and that, by 2050, 22% of the world’s population will be aged 60 or over, it is...
This report outlines the findings of mapping research that documents the policy,legislation and action plans on ageing and older people in 26 countries across the Asia and Pacific regions. Policy...