International Day of Families: Equality starts at home!
Under the motto Family is teamwork: equality starts at home, the #FamilyTeamwork campaign emphasizes the role of families in supporting gender equality. Statistics show that unpaid care and household work are still mainly carried out by women. 94 % of employed women are involved in at least one unpaid care work activity at least several […]
Campaign for more inclusive education and training
Until the end of the year, the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) is running a campaign that promotes education as a human right and a public common good aiming at inclusion rather than profitability. It calls for more public investment in inclusive education, training and lifelong learning opportunities that guarantee fair access by everyone. We support […]
What does social citizenship mean? EUROSHIP project delivers papers on long-term care, minimum income and employment
AGE is part of the Advisory Board of the research project ‘Closing gaps in European social citizenship’ (EUROSHIP), which aims at assessing gaps in social protection across Europe, putting an emphasis on vulnerable populations and gender gaps. It has a particular focus on minimum income schemes and older persons with care needs, as well as […]
Minimum income must be adequate along the life span, calls AGE
The European Commission is planning a Council recommendation on minimum income for the end of the year. AGE took an active role all along the process.
The EU Care Strategy is a chance to trigger rights-based change in long-term care systems
As a response to an EU consultation, AGE calls for a European Care Strategy that ensure accessible and quality care for all, better working conditions in formal long-term care and childcare, and support to informal carers. We have contributed a policy paper to the open call for evidence by the European Commission on the future […]
European Parliament will investigate EU response to COVID
The European Parliament (EP) has launched a new special committee that will draw lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and better prepare the EU for future crisis. Set up in March 2022, the EP special committee on the Covid-19 pandemic started its work in April. It was mandated to prepare a report on how the European […]
Time to turn words into actions! called AGE during United Nations’ discussions on ageing
From 11 to 14 April 2022,we participated in the 12th session of the United Nations’ Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG12), in which AGE members and partners from the civil society advocated for the adoption of a UN convention on the rights of older persons. AGE Preparation Prior to the OEWG12, we organised online meetings […]
Solidarity between Generations: How can the EU support older Ukrainians?
credit: HelpAge International To mark this year’s European Day of Solidarity between Generations on 29 April, we organised an event to draw the attention of EU leaders to the situation of older Ukrainians, and the urgent need to support them in and outside Ukraine. The discussion brought together Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and […]
SHAPES dialogue workshop explored how to make technology work in care
AGE supported the organisation of the 5th SHAPES online dialogue workshop “Beyond the pilots – Upscaling and transfer of person-centred digital solutions in integrated care pathways in Europe“ on 3 May 2022. The workshop brought out issues – including governance and policy related challenges – to be addressed when adopting, upscaling and transferring technological solutions […]
Adequate housing in older age
photo (cropped) by Skiathos Greece on Unsplash Housing has been identified as one of the key social determinants of health shaping the way people live and age. Ensuring adequate housing should therefore be a priority concern in our ageing society. But what are the challenges and barriers faced by older persons in accessing adequate and […]
EuroAgeism final meeting takes stock of achievements and looks ahead
After more than 4 years, the EuroAgeism project, in which AGE Platform Europe played a central role as a policy partner, will come to an end on 29th April after 6 months extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To conclude the project, a final meeting was held in Barcelona from 21st to 22nd March, which […]
New EU project to challenge ageism through online educational gaming
Negative attitudes about ageing and older age make life on average 7,5 years shorter and hinder older people’s inclusion and participation in society. Improving the image of ageing and addressing age stereotypes is therefore a priority issue for an ageing society. The Erasmus+ project ‘Smart against Ageism (SAA)’ (January 2022 – June 2024) aims for […]
Age equality: joint EU and UN discussions address need for a life course and intergenerational approach in EU policies
On 29 March, AGE cohosted a working meeting on Equality for all Ages in the EU with the UN Human Rights Regional Office (OHCHR) for Europe, the European Youth Forum and the World Health Organization (WHO). This meeting brought together representatives of several EU actors including the European Commission, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Equinet […]
Ageing & disability: AGE raised challenges with UN Special Rapporteur
The recent visit in the EU of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities offered us the opportunity to shed light on multiple discrimination facing older people with disabilities. The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gérard Quinn, came on a visit to the European Union […]
Ukraine: the ‘oldest’ humanitarian crisis in the world
credit: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash More than seven million older people living in Ukraine are currently at risk as a result of the Russian invasion. Whether they decide to stay in Ukraine or to leave the country, older people deserve equal access to humanitarian aid. Ukraine is among the fastest ageing countries in […]
Seniors under attack – disinformation targeted at Europe’s older people
As our societies become more digital, disinformation is also spreading. A growing trend that can have a detrimental impact on vulnerable people, as the COVID pandemic has revealed. An issue recently addressed during the webinar “Seniors under attack – disinformation targeted at Europe’s older people”. The goal of the webinar, hosted by MEP Radka Maxová, […]
UN reports shortcomings in the protection of older people and calls for new convention
A report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCR) published in February takes stock of the progress made by the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing over its 11 working sessions held since 2011 and the work of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment by all older persons of […]
AGE contributes to joint briefing on discrimination faced by persons with disabilities in the EU
Joining forces to 11 other organisations, we have contributed to a briefing to inform the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities about issues of inequality and intersectional discrimination faced by persons with disabilities. The endorsing organisations are alarmed by the rate of discrimination faced by persons with disabilities in all their diversity […]
