Events

Interactive civil society dialogue with WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

“Strengthening connections across sectors: Building partnerships for healthy ageing in and beyond the COVID-19 era” Wednesday 16 June 15:00-16:30 Geneva time. Organized by a consortium of civil society organization working on healthy ageing, this dialogue aims to find solutions on working togethe...

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day – Access to justice

Virtual Event, Tuesday 15 June 2021 at 09:00-10:15 EST (NY), 15:00-16:15 CEST (Geneva) The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) founded the first World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) in 2006. WEAAD was designated as a United Nation’s International Day in 2011 in GA r...

Healthy and Active Ageing in a Sustainable World: Synergies between international initiatives on ageing – one reporting exercise

This second interactive event in the MIPAA+20 webinar series will focus on the synergies between MIPAA and related international initiatives in the field of ageing. It will provide the opportunity for exchange with the experts who lead the work on the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing, the Global Campa...

UN75 Consultation – Vote for a UN convention on the human rights of older persons!

The UN is inviting stakeholders to participate in a digital consultation as part of the ongoing dialogue for the UN's 75th anniversary. This digital consultation seeks to identify bold, actionable and practical proposals to resolve the challenges identified in the UN75 final report that reflecte...

Making participation meaningful: bringing governments and civil society together

In preparation of the 4th review and appraisal of the implementation of 2002 MIPAA (the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing), the UNECE, together with BAGSO, AGE Platform Europe, the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, and the NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva, org...

Our rights under threat as we grow old: A timely expert discussion on the intersection of disability and age

Virtual Side event during the 13th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPDTuesday, 1 December, 1:15-2:30 pm – NY Time, 7:15-8:30 pm – GVA Time Register here The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed in tragic ways the combined effects of ageism and ableism on the rights of ol...

International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) on 1 October – Join us

As organisations around the world prepare to mark the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) on 1 October, our Geneva NGO Committee on Ageing joined forces with WHO, OHCHR and UNFPA to organise a high-level virtual event, as a side event of the Human Rights Council that is taking place now unt...

The impact of COVID-19 on Violence, Abuse and Neglect of Older Persons- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Webinar on Tuesday 16 June 2020 at 14:00 Geneva/ 8:00 am New York The UN General Assembly designated 15 June as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (res. A/ RES/66/127). Elder abuse is one of the most hidden and underreported human rights violations. COVID-19 has put a spotlight on older persons incl...

Human Rights of older persons in the age of COVID-19 and beyond

A Webinar with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the new Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons on Tuesday 12 May 2020 at 14:00-15:00 CET – /08:00 am EST Event supported by members of the Groups of Friends of Older Persons in New York and Geneva Ol...