‘Social isolation in Cyprus is more common to persons with disabilities’
Maria looked after her widowed mother with dementia after her father passed away. As she is involved in the Pensioners board of PASYDY Cyprus, she genuinely reflects on the isolation
Eurodiaconia, at the service of the fight against ageism
For Alexander Elu and Célimène Bernard, policy officers at Eurodiaconia, the European network of churches and Christian NGOs, quality are services are key to render our societies more cohesive. They
Social rights for carers: a prerequisite for building age-friendly societies
Eurocarers, the European Association working with and for informal carers, reminds the importance to care for the social rights of the carers – especially when it comes to their work-life
‘Older women carry on – as they always do’: the 2nd week of the #AgeingEqual campaign in a nutshell
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
“Let’s give the chance to everyone to speak out”: an experience of co-creation
Our society walks, acts, reacts fast. And it often behaves as if older people were second-class citizens, whose needs, concerns and wishes should not be considered on an equal ground
Contre l’impératif jeuniste, changeons de regard sur la vieillesse !
En février dernier, peu après les mobilisations sur la prise en charge des personnes âgées dépendantes en France, Pascal Champvert et Marie de Hennezel publiaient une tribune engagée contre l’âgisme
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
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
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