Growing Ageing Population - 60+ Years
NEWSFLASH!!
- NGO COA members cited in PassBlue news article! Correspondent Barbara Crossette writes that "action to protect older women's rights has stalled in the UN General Assembly". Susan Somers and Frances Zainoeddin were interviewed about the slow pace of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing which has held 11 sessions without coming up with any proposals for an international legal instrument to protect and promote the rights and dignity of older persons. Read the article here.
- 223 NGOs from 62 countries signed an Open Letter calling for urgent action to be taken by the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing to protect the rights of older persons. The letter with the list of signatories can be found here...
- A full listing of current and past newsletters may be found here.
- Learn how to use your Twitter Account !! Powerpoint presentation here.
- The 12th session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will be held 11-14 April 2022. https://social.un.org/ageing-working-group/
Notifications of events organized throughout the year by the NGO Committee on Ageing will be sent out by email. Watch this space for updates on upcoming events. Full list of recent events of interest to our members may be found here.
The 12th session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will be held 11-14 April 2022.
RECOMMENDED EVENTS
General Meeting: December 2, 2021
Focus : Ageing and Migration
We were pleased to present the December
Program Meeting of the NGO Committee on Ageing/NY will be cosponsored by the NGO Committee on Migration
The meeting was held on Thursday, December 2, 2021.
ACAP Webinar - Elder Abuse in COVID-19
ACAP Webinar - Elder Abuse in COVID-19, sponsored by International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Register at: http://go.hawaii.edu/VA6
IFA Global Cafe: In conversation with Mr. Simon Bottery
IFA Global Cafe: In conversation with Mr. Simon Bottery - long-term care in England: problems, visions and reform.
Friday, 3 December 2021, 08:00 am. Eastern Time (US and Canada). REGISTRATION. FLYER here.
International - Older women: the hidden workforce International - Older women: the hidden workforce - building lobal solidarity for older women's access to economic justice. Monday, 6 December 2021, 7:00 -8:30 Eastern Time. REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-global-solidarity-for-older-womens-access-to-economic-justice-registration-208448263367
Videos, reports and articles related to COVID-19 can be accessed here.
Useful websites (which also provide links to other useful information):
https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/pages/home.aspx
https://rightsofolderpeople.org/covid-19-resources-relating-to-older-people/
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Human Rights of older women: the intersection between ageing and gender - report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, A/76/157
Here.
Ageism and age discrimination - report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, A/HRC/48/53
Here.
Report of the Secretary-General on Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing: A/76/156.
Here.
World Population Ageing 2020 Highlights: Living arrangements of older persons
Here.
World Population Ageing 2020 Highlights
Here.
Population Fact Sheet 2020.
Here.
Report of the Independent Expert (Claudia Mahler) on Human Rights of Older Persons: the data gap. A/HRC/45/14
Here.
Report of the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on Impact of the coronovirus disease (COVID-19) on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons. A/75/205
Here.
Report of the Secretary-General on Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing. A/75/218
Here.
A/74/186, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on older persons with disabilities.
Facts about older women prepared for UNECE Beijing plus 25 review, Geneva October 2019, Section 1: overview: achievements and challenges since 1995.
HereE/CN.5/2020/3, Report of the Secretary-General on affordable housing and social protection systems for all to address homelessness.
HereReport of Expert Group Meeting on “Affordable Housing and Social Protection Systems for All to Address Homelessness”.
HereWorld Population Ageing 2019, Ten Key Messages. Here. Please note that the World Population Ageing 2019 report refers to older persons as 65 and above.
HereA/74/170: Report of the Secretary-General on Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing.
HereA/AC.278/2019/2: Report of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing on its tenth working session.
HereFor documents related to the 11th session of the Open Ended Working Group on Ageing:
https://social.un.org/ageing-working-group/eleventhsession.shtmlA/HRC/41/32: Report of the OHCHR on activities of the OHCHR, United Nations system and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of older persons.
Here