Older Women in Crises: Invisible among the most vulnerable, 14 July 2022
This virtual event takes place on the margins of the 2022 HLPF, held under the auspices of ECOSOC. The theme of the HLPF in 2022 is Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As Member States discuss sustainable and resilient measures to […]
WEAAD 2022: Combatting Elder Abuse: What’s next? Five priorities for the Decade
The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), designated as 15 June, was initiated by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) in 2006, and recognized as a United Nations Day by the General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/66/127 adopted in 2011. According to WHO estimates, 1 in 6 people over 60 years […]
Mainstreaming knowledge on Ageing: “Virtual Roundtable Series”
UNITAR and its 24 International Training Centers for Authorities and Leaders -CIFAL Global Network-, UN DESA, UNFPA, IOM, UN WOMEN, UNHCR, WHO, ITU, and OHCHR, together with the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse; the International Longevity Centre; the Global Initiative on Ageing Foundation, and the NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) have joined […]
The Special Track on ICTs and Older Persons at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, 2-6 May 2022
The Special Track on ICTs and Older Persons at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2022 took place from 2 to 6 May 2022. The track was co-organized by ITU, WHO and DESA in collaboration with the private sector (the Global Coalition on Aging). Building on the outcomes of the UN International […]
15th annual AARP-United Nations Briefing
This year’s briefing focused on “Shameful Contrast: Inequality at the Intersection of Age and Gender” with a spotlight on older women and aims to transform political momentum into action that will empower older women and further promote gender equality. The Briefing featured leaders from across the globe on women’s empowerment and gender equity and offered […]
Regional workshop “Evidence-based ageing-related policies in sub-Saharan Africa”
UN DESA organized a workshop in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, 16-18 November 2021 in collaboration with the Government of Kenya. The workshop was a capacity building exercise aimed at policy makers, civil society representatives and researchers, especially those working on ageing-related issues or in older persons-led organizations and provided a forum for the exchange of experience, […]
UN Chief says the pandemic has highlighted the gravity and urgency of the situation for older persons
The report of the Secretary-General to the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing provides an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on older persons. It serves to explore pathways to ensure that older persons are better incorporated into efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic […]
WHO, DESA, ITU, and UN Women launch the advocacy brief on social isolation and loneliness
Within the context of the Inter-Agency Group on Ageing, WHO, DESA, ITU, and UN Women launched an advocacy brief on social isolation and loneliness among older people on 29 July 2021. The brief summarizes the scale, impact, and harms of social isolation and loneliness among older people, and outlines what can be done to reduce […]
MIPAA
Meetings and Workshops
GA Working Group on Ageing
Briefings Series
- Issue brief on Older Persons and COVID-19: A Defining Moment for Informed, Inclusive and Targeted Response
- Briefing paper on Ageing-related Policies and Priorities in Voluntary National Reviews (2016-2019)
- Briefing paper on older persons in humanitarian emergencies
- Briefing paper on health inequalities in old age
- Briefing paper on economic inequalities in old age
- Briefing paper on long-term care
- Briefing paper on poverty in old-age
