December 1, 2011
PROGRAM SUMMARY Download PDF
NGO COMMITTEE ON AGEING: DECEMBER 1 , 2011
The NCD Summit: Preventing and Controlling Non-Communicable Diseases in an Ageing World
Mary Mayer, International Federation on Ageing (Moderator)
Program will present outcomes of the General Assembly (GA) High-level Meeting held in September on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and the Interactive Civil Society Hearing that preceded it. Because 75% of global deaths from these diseases occur among those over 60, the World Health Organization recognizes global ageing as the primary driver of NCD predominance in these countries. …
November 3, 2011
SUMMARY: NGO Committee on Ageing
General Meeting: November 3, 2011 Download PDF
Speakers:
Susanne Paul, Executive Director, Global Action on Aging
Robert Venne, Social Policy Officer, UN/DESA Programme on Ageing
Discussion on 3rd Open-ended Workgroup on Ageing, August 2012
Many similarities between 1st and 2nd open-ended workgroups:
- Focused on issues and gaps in protection systems
- Normative gaps in the Vienna and Madrid plans
- NGOs went further to call for human rights convention for older persons
- Currently there are multiple discrimination dimensions recognized but older persons not mentioned specifically -they refer instead to all human beings.
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November, 2010
Newsletter: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Older Persons
Nritya Ramani
ICP intern
Pace University 2011
The NGO Committee on Ageing convened on Thursday, November 4th 2010 for their general meeting at the United Nations Church Center. With UN representative Dr. Rosa Perla Resnick moderating, the focus was on “The Impact of Natural Disasters on Older Persons”.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) analyzed recent emergencies and the projects being undertaken in order to catalyze more effective and impartial response on the ground. …
March 4, 2010
March panel
L-R: Susan Li-Shu Chang, Margaret Owen, Ferdous Ara Begum, Anne Emerman
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Summary: “Older Women: 15 Years Later – Where Are We Now?” March 4, 2010
Printable PDF copy of full text available here.
The March 2010 program was presented during the annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women and was organized by Patty Day and Judy Lear, co-chairs of the Subcommittee on Older Women (SCOW) of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY. Besides the NGO Committee on Ageing, NY, other co-sponsors included the NGO Committee on the Family, NY and several NGOs*.
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February 4, 2010
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SUMMARY:
“Regional Perspectives on a New Human Rights Instrument for Older People: Concerns and Benefits”
The Launch of Resource Document: “Strengthening the Rights of Older Persons: Towards a New UN Convention”
The program, organized by Susanne Paul, Global Action on Aging, and Jessica Frank, AARP International, featured governmental officials from 4 regions addressing the regional perspectives on the topic and the release of an NGO prepared publication on the need for a human rights instrument. …
January 7, 2010
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Summary: “International Grassroots Activities in Support of Older Persons”.
The program, organized by Stuart Wilson, UN Representative of HelpAge International, utilized a group discussion format to address three questions:
1. What are some of the most effective ways to implement the Mission of the NGO Committee on Ageing, New York (CoA, NY)?
- Develop a one page “message” on current ageing issues that can be used, in conjunction with the mission, by committee members, as an …
November 5, 2009
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Summary: "Why we need a UN Convention and a Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Older Persons".
Susanne Paul, President of Global Action on Aging and Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageings Subcommittee to Promote a Human Rights Convention, organized the program around the following questions:
- What is a human right?
- What is a Convention?
- Why is a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons needed?
- What are the documents that support a claim to human rights of older persons?
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