Silvia Perel-Levin elaborates on the need to go beyond the narrow focus on elder abuse as associated only with care settings, in order to realise that ageism translates into a
Violence against older women is a severe human rights abuse. It is one of the worst manifestations of ageism and sexism that is deeply stereotyped and tolerated by social norms.
Several years ago, Liat Ayalon’s student, Ms. Rachely Yechezkel, became increasingly interested in a specific aspect of elder abuse, known as intimate partner violence. Liat gives us a snapshot of their
Anne-Sophie Parent, Secretary General of AGE Platform Europe, refers to a few telling examples that older people’s sexuality is far too often turned into a joke… a joke that sometimes
Using general human rights provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights has on several occasions addressed and promoted (but also sometimes restrained) the human rights
Maria Ludovica Bottarelli Tranquilli-Leali, President and European Women’s Lobby Board member for Italy, is a long-standing advocate of women’s rights. Committed to raise awareness of the multiple discrimination faced by
The United Nations Programme on ageing is coming back on the discussions held at the recent U.N. expert group meeting on “Care and Older Persons: links to decent work, migration
Our second #AgeingEqual campaigning week looked at the intersection of age and gender. We touched upon specific issues faced by older women and non-binary people as the consequence of life-long differential
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
The Albanian Society for All Ages (ASAG) is the only voice for older women in Albania. Ermira Pirdeni, ASAG Executive Director works tirelessly to provide supplementary platforms to express and exchange