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Tuesday, 11 June
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Older people absent in post-2015 recommendations
Ageing and older people are almost completely absent from the UN High-level Panel's post-2015 report setting out recommendations for a new global development agenda.
The central role of social protection in reducing poverty is also underplayed. Read HelpAge's response.
Data revolution to tackle inequality
New research reveals how – with a few simple adjustments – standard international household surveys could give a true picture of life for millions of vulnerable people, including older people who are often missing from these surveys.
Old age, disability and mental health: data issues for a post-2015 framework is published by the Overseas Development Institute and commissioned by Sightsavers, HelpAge International and ADD International.
UN to meet on older people's rights
The UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will meet on 12-15 August to discuss the main elements of a new international legal instrument on older people's rights. Read HelpAge's submission identifying five priorities.
Why is a UN convention on the rights of older people necessary? Read Špela Breceljnik's blog from a human rights seminar in Madrid organised by HelpAge International España.
A step towards social security in Jamaica
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has recommended that the Government of Jamaica works towards universal social security coverage, giving priority to disadvantaged groups including older people.
The recommendations can be found in the committee's concluding observations at its 50th session.
G8 nutrition talks must not neglect older people
All over the world, older people are often child carers, income providers and educators so it is crucial their right to proper nutrition is recognised by governments, donors and humanitarian agencies.
Saturday's G8 Nutrition for Growth summit is the perfect opportunity to raise this issue, writes HelpAge's Emergency Health and Nutrition Adviser Dr Pascale Fritsch in this post for The Guardian website.
Upcoming events
The 20th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG 2013), will take place in Seoul, Korea, 23-27 June. The event is called "Digital @geing: A New Horizon for Health Care and Active Ageing."
Recent events
HelpAge attended an International Federation on Ageing workshop on Ageing and Healthy Environments in Youndé, Cameroon on 27-28 May.
For highlights and recommendations from the meeting read this blog post by Nesta Hatendi, HelpAge's regional director for East, West and Central Africa.
Useful reading
"Aging Chinese face a bleak picture" in The Wall Street Journal, 30 May, discusses Challenges of Population Aging in China: Evidence from the National Baseline Survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), CHARLS Research Team, May 2013
Inequalities: Ageing and disability in the post-2015 development agenda, HelpAge International, April 2013
Nutrition interventions for older people in emergencies, HelpAge International, April 2013 (also in French)
Protection interventions for older people in emergencies, HelpAge International, April 2013
The state of health and ageing in Ethiopia: The health needs and challenges of service providers, HelpAge International, April 2013
Food security among crisis-affected older people in Afghanistan, HelpAge International, April 2013
"Older people and displacement" by Piero Calvi-Parisetti in States of Fragility, Forced Migration Review, issue 43, May 2013
Poverty dynamics of older Mozambicans, blog discussing early findings from research by the Institute for Economic and Social Research and HelpAge International, 28 May 2013
Growing old and dying in prison – or the thorny question of dignity in detention, Association for the Prevention of Torture blog, 23 May 2013
Social protection for all: an action guide, Global Network and Solidar, 2012
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