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
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
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
Chris Ball, from the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, gives us some food for thought around what ‘active ageing’ could concretely mean if we were really developing ‘age management’ policies
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 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
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
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
In most European countries, a large part of long-term care for older people is provided by informal carers. Informal carers are typically older women. Read more about the gender and