“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

The age and gender dimension of informal caregiving

In most European countries, a large part of long-term care for older people is provided by

The U.N. Independent Expert calls on everyone to stand up for their human rights in older age!

On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, Ms. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, the U.N. Independent

A Day to Reaffirm that Older People Have Rights

A Day to Reaffirm that Older People Have Rights: New ‘Ageing Equal’ Campaign Calls Out Ageism Worldwide!
Photo of U.N. building by Isriya Paireepairit (CC BY-NC 2.0)

The U.N. Independent Expert calls all generations to protect rights of ageing society

GENEVA (27 September 2018) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human

‘We have the same rights’ – a project by ENNHRI on the human rights of older persons in long-term care

From 2015 to 2017, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) conducted an EU-funded

AGE President launches the ‘Ageing Equal’ campaign

“The 2015 Eurobarometer survey on discrimination shows that discrimination or harassment because of old age is the

Meet human rights champion Barbro Westerholm

Barbro Westerholm has been recently re-elected to the Swedish Parliament, where she serves as its oldest

Ageism and abuse

[vc_row][vc_column width="3/5"][gva_block_heading title="Ageism and abuse" style="style-2" align="align-left"][/gva_block_heading][vc_column_text] Abuse, violence and neglect: because of ageism, older people are