Blogposts

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Blogposts October 12, 2018

Ageing of migrant women: the story of multiple discrimination

Taking advantage of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – that will be celebrated next 10 December, the European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) gives us a

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Blogposts October 12, 2018

Ageing labour migrants from the 1960ies at risk of marginalisation in European welfare states

Ursula Trummer, from the Center for Health and Migration Vienna stresses the vulnerability of migrant workers who arrived from Turkey, Italy, Spain and Portugal to work in Central and Western

Ageism, Ageism and Intergenerational Solidarity, Blogposts October 12, 2018

Why you should be calling for a new U.N. convention for your rights in older age

Nena Georgantzi explains the link between ageism and human rights breaches and makes the case for adopting a new treaty to better protect human rights for all ages. As someone

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Blogposts October 11, 2018

Why do I want to live in a world for all ages?

How old will we be in 2060 – the year in which older women over the age of 85 will constitute the largest group in society? If, as Liat Ayalon,

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Blogposts October 8, 2018

The challenge of healthy ageing: while men die, women suffer

Peggy Maguire, from EIWH (European Institute of Women’s Health) reminds us that in a society where women outlive men but are burdened by more years of ill health, disease prevention,

Ageism, Ageism and Gender, Blogposts October 6, 2018

The European Women’s Lobby joins the “Ageing Equal” campaign and calls for the empowerment of older women across Europe

Ageism continues to be pervasive worldwide and has serious consequences for the health and well-being of old people, leading to marginalization, poverty and abuse. Nonetheless, it is not considered as

Ageism, Ageism and Participation, Blogposts October 6, 2018

Digital society: A better world… for all?

José-Luis Tejedor shares with us his concerns about the rapid digitalisation of our societies and how this may be a threat to the full enjoyment of human rights by older

Ageism, Ageism and Abuse, Ageism and Gender, Blogposts October 6, 2018

“It’s Easier to do Nothing” – The silence of older women victims of abuse

Kelly Blank, from WAVE (Women Against Violence Europe) shares the results of the TISOVA project based of interviews conducted with older women in senior centres in Estonia, Austria, Greece and