International grassroots citizen group that works on issues of concern to older people. It reports on older people’s needs and potential within the world economy, and it advocates with and for older people worldwide.
Services include:
- Global Aging Network – linking together activities in the ageing field worldwide, by means of fax and e-mail. It provides regular news and a series of special issue-alerts calling for action
- Elder-Rights Project – advocates in favour of protection of older persons as an integral part of the human rights movement. News/articles section on web site
- Pension Watch – project monitors the changes that are going on in recent worldwide pension reductions and wider social security reforms, tackles the debate about government budgets, “dependency,” “entitlements,” “generational equity,” and other issues. And it works directly with affected groups of pensioners and needy older persons in many countries. News/articles section on web site
- Health issues – news/articles section on web site
- Section on Older Persons in Armed Conflict Situations, including international legal standards, principles and commitments, what the International Community is doing, and a selection of country reportsRural ageing, covering both US and international issues
WWW site also has information section on Second World Assembly on Ageing 2002.