Ageism

A few steps to start tackling ageism against young people

Wondering how to tackle ageism against young people? The European Youth Forum is giving you a check-list to start with. Adopting and/or adapting laws and policies. Laws and policies currently

Ageism, Ageism and Intergenerational Solidarity, Blogposts October 29, 2018

Ageism: the youth perspective

Ageism is more ingrained than other forms of discrimination, and it is used to discriminate against young people on an individual level, but also on a wider, structural level. The

Ageism, Ageism and Intergenerational Solidarity, Blogposts October 29, 2018

The diverse (invisible) forms of intergenerational solidarity

A lot of intergenerational exchanges take place at grassroots level. Philippe Seidel, AGE Policy Officer in charge of employment and active ageing made a quick scan for us… including invisible

Ageism, Ageism and Intergenerational Solidarity, Blogposts October 29, 2018

Intergenerational labour markets as a driver for employment

In the field of employment, it is sometimes said that older workers have obsolete skills and should step aside to make room for younger better qualified and cheaper workers: this

Ageism, Ageism and Intergenerational Solidarity, Testimonies October 29, 2018

‘We were born to connect’

Just like in his 2017 TEDx talk, Clive Colledge calls for generations to unite and forget anything the media or advertising tells us about the age group we supposedly belong

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Blogposts October 28, 2018

‘We are not given any respect and support’: the 4th week of the #AgeingEqual campaign in a nutshell

Our fourth #AgeingEqual campaigning week looked at the experience of migration by older people. Many difficulties experienced by migrants in their journey and in the host country can be particularly harmful for

Ageism, Ageism and Migration, Ageism and Race, Blogposts October 25, 2018

Older migrants have the right to be treated with respect: respect of their age, and respect of their culture

The ‘othering’ of older migrants in Western societies is common, also when one encounters care professionals. Saloua Berdai Chaouni and Ann Claeys investigate the experience of older migrants living with

Ageism, Good Practices October 25, 2018

The Older Persons Council of Biscay (Spain) launches a new observatory to monitor ageism in the media

Often, the Basque media collects news and content with stereotyped images of older persons, contributing to create a social imaginary that does not conform to reality. For this purpose, the

Ageism, Good Practices October 24, 2018

‘The Big Middle’ – A new podcast to challenge our conceptions of ageing

Created by Susan Flory, an experienced international journalist, chief editor and executive producer, ‘The Big Middle’ is a new podcast dealing with all the big issues of longer, healthy midlife,