This report draws on focus group discussions, expert opinions and network project experience to argue how our cities need to change to protect and promote the rights of older people living in urban environments. The report includes recommendations for [...]
Can you give a brief overview of current workforce trends in Asia, particularly among middle income countries? I think there are basically three broad groups. One includes countries like China and Thailand, where you have a declining workforce at [...]
HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference: The Economic Implications of Ageing Hanoi, Vietnam 7 September 2016 It is my honour to make a closing remarks on behalf of HelpAge Network today. In 2004 we organised another regional conference in this very same [...]
HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference: The Economic Implications of Ageing Hanoi, Vietnam 7 September 2016 I would like congratulate all of you for the success of the HelpAge Asia – Pacific Regional Conference ‘The Economic Implications of Ageing’ which took place [...]
This report highlights older citizen monitoring (OCM) achievements and challenges and reflects a wide range of innovative and diverse approaches to OCM developed across the HelpAge global network. Language: English Published: HelpAge International, 2016 Size: 1.5 MB Download [...]
This guide is for older people who are interested in starting a consciousness-raising group to share their experiences of ageism and discuss how they might take action on how to improve their lives. Language: English Published: HelpAge Internationcal, 2016 [...]
In this edition of AgeNews, we recap the HelpAge Asia-Pacific Network Regional Conference and the Age Demands Action Rights campaign, and look at ageing policy consultations in Myanmar, the older people's associations exchange programme in China and celebrate 20 [...]
This brief revisits two social policy assumptions regarding universal social pensions. It illustrates the emerging evidence that universal social pensions are both economically viable and efficient strategies to alleviate older-age income deprivation. Language: English Published: HelpAge International, 2016 Size: [...]
This brochure explains how HelpAge International and Thanh Hoa Association of the Elderly, Vietnam are supporting intergenerational self-help clubs to reduce poverty and improve people's health. Language: English Published: HelpAge International (Vietnam Country Office), 2016 Size:1.2 MB Download [...]
HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference: The Economic Implications of Ageing Hanoi, Vietnam 6 September 2016 Good morning. Over the past 20 years as part of the HelpAge Network, I have attended 14 HelpAge regional conferences. At my first one, in [...]
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