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Our New Resource
Strengthening
Older People's Rights: Towards a UN Convention
Produced
as a collaborative effort of nine aging organizations around the
world, this report provides arguments and tools for engaging people
across the globe in a discussion of the need for a UN Convention on
the Rights of Older Persons.
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Kyrgyzstan: HelpAge begins Relief Distributions to Older People in Kyrgyzstan (June 25, 2010)
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HelpAge International will distribute 500 hygiene kits to older people caught up in the Kyrgyzstan conflict. An unusually high percentage of those are older people because younger people have left the country. Some are confined to their own homes, too scared to go out while others have been internally displaced. The project should directly benefit 2,500 older people.
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Serbia: Pensioners receive bonuses in September (July 20, 2010)
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The Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) stated on July 20 that all pensioners with incomes up to RSD 14,000-15,000 will receive aid in the amount of RSD 5,000 (EUR 1= RSD 104) in September. Also, the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance could be changed. The government has already forwarded a draft law to the Parliament.
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France: Aging Gracefully, the French Way (July 14, 2010)
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Do French women know secrets that allow them to age gracefully? If yes, what are those secrets? Is aging a matter of make-up or mind, practical strategy or life habits? The ways women on both sides of the Atlantic approach aging are discussed in this article.
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Report: Tanzania: Achieving Income Security in Old Age for all Tanzanians: A Study into the Feasibility of a Universal Social Pension (May 2010) |
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Report: India: Understanding Poverty Among the Elderly in India: Implications for Social Pension Policy (April 2008)
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This report was conducted by the Tanzanian Ministry of Labour to summarize the findings of an investigation into the feasibility of universal access to old age income security through a social pension in Tanzania. The study also analyses the potential contribution of a social pension to Tanzanian social and economic development as well as the cost of a universal social pension. The survey concludes that the implementation of a social pension in Tanzania is financially possible and would reduce poverty among people over 60 by 57.9%.
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This report examines a new policy that is being implemented by the Indian government that will dramatically increase funding for a cash transfer program targeted to older persons living in poverty. According to the report, households which do not have older persons have higher poverty rates than households with elder members. Households without older persons also have higher mortality rates and are underrepresented. This report was conducted by Sarmistha Pal, an expert from Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (Institute for the Study of Labor) in Germany and Robert Palacios from World Bank
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Mexico: Sexual Life Continues (July 17, 2010)
(Article in Spanish)
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Over the year, the sex life of individuals slows down but does not disappear. Some polls show that three out of four adults between 57 and 64 are sexually active. Experts say that middle-aged couples come to enjoy more loving and sexual relationships, as women are no longer worried about possible pregnancies.
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Senegal:
Older People Ask for a More Efficient Government System for Seniors
(June 17, 2010)
(Article in French)
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Several associations point to the government denouncing the fact that older people are neglected once they retire. While five ministries deal with aging concerns, the associations demand a unique structure to improve conditions for seniors. They reported that 300 notices sent to different ministries went unheeded. They want to draw attention to what seniors, with their experience, can bring to the country. And they want the government to understand and remedy the difficult living conditions elders face.
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