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AGE’s New Social Media Presence: Joining BlueSky and Saying Goodbye to X
We are now on BlueSky, alongside Facebook and LinkedIn, sharing updates on ageing issues and advocacy. We are discontinuing our presence on Platform X as...
Let’s make 2025 the year we start drafting a UN convention for equal rights in old age!
Discover how you can take action. With a draft resolution expected soon, acting early will strengthen our collective impact!
Shape the Future: Train as a Reference Professional for Age-Friendly Cities
Discover how to make cities more inclusive for people of all ages with our free curriculum and self-paced online course for the role of Reference...
“We accept rights violations in old age that would be unacceptable at any other age.” – Interview with Nena Georgantzi Featured in La Vanguardia
This interview highlights ageism as a systemic issue, the need for legal capacity to protect human rights in old age, and the push for a...
Watch That Attitude: Is There Ageism in Healthcare? – Interview with Nena Georgantzi Featured in Medscape
Discover the impact of ageism in healthcare through Nena Georgantzi’s interview, featured on Medscape alongside insights from other researchers.
EU Commissioners’ Hearings: Who’s standing up for Age Equality?
In this article, we summarise insights from the hearings of 5 Commissioners to identify which portfolios are best aligned with leading on age equality issues.
Join the Effort to Combat Ageism and Age Discrimination in the EU
AGE supports an important study on discrimination on the grounds of age in the European Union initiated by the European Commission DG Justice & Consumers...
Tune into the “Age with Rights and Dignity” Podcast Series featuring Nena Georgantzi
In recognition of Human Rights Day, we highlighted the Age with Rights and Dignity Podcast Series, which features Nena Georgantzi, AGE Platform Europe’s Human Rights...
Gender Equality in the EU: Read our Joint Statement
We call on the EU and its Member States to work over the next five years towards creating a Union where gender equality is not...
Autumn Letter’24 from Secretary General – “Every change of political cycle should benefit all generations”
Dear Readers, As autumn turns to winter, the nature’s powerful cycles can be unpleasant, especially when first cold comes or the force of wind gusts....
European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award 2025 is open for applications!
Applications will close on 7th February 2025 12:00 CET.
Defining optimal care: AGE Members’ Role in Shaping the First White Paper on Frailty
Rose Miranda and Lieve Van den Block, on behalf of the EAPC Reference Group on Aging and Palliative Care, drafted this article highlighting the collaboration...
Intergenerational Solidarity and Dialogue: Insights from the MEET Project Mobilize Europe = Engage Together
The video features perspectives from Presidents of the European Youth Forum and AGE Platform Europe on the MEET project, which aims to promote dialogue and...
SEE-U project final event underscores the importance of digital empowerment in old age
The final event of the SEE-U project showcased two years of work promoting digital skills and empowerment of older adults through the creation of digital...
Medicine Information Leaflets: Paper or Digital? Both! Patients have the right to receive a printed copy with their medication
AGE endorses a joint statement calling on the EU to guarantee the right to maintain paper medicine package leaflets and to use electronic options as...
How can navigators support older people with cancer and their families?
In the context of the Horizon Europe funded EU Navigate project, partner AGE Platform Europe organised a user forum on 24 October 2024 with its members...
“No one knows your risk like you do” -WHO campaign on COVID prevention measures
WHO-Europe calls on individuals to assess their personal risks and integrate simple protective measures from respiratory viruses into everyday life.
Health care: UN survey on national & regional support to receivers of care & caregivers
Care work includes taking care of children, older persons, the sick, and the disabled, as well as domestic work such as cleaning and cooking. Caregivers...
EU survey: Help improve healthcare for persons with disabilities!
Are you a person with disabilities in the EU, Norway, or Iceland? Have you received mammograms, Pap or HPV tests, colonoscopies or other cancer screening...
AGE discussed how to promote intergenerational solidarity in the EU
AGE was invited to a high-level conference at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to discuss challenges and opportunities in promoting solidarity between young...
How to protect the right to legal capacity in older age ? – Human-Rights Council side event
As part of the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council, AGE German member, BAGSO, organised a side event to discuss challenges related to the...
EU-wide citizen workshop discusses solutions against ageism
Age Friendly Image Librar Following the elections of the European Parliament last June, and ahead of the setting up of the new European Commission, over...
International Day of Older Persons: Let’s rewrite the story on ageing!
photo (cropped) : Centre for Ageing Better Read our October newsletter On 1st October, the International Day of Older Persons, we invited everyone to join...
AGE members celebrated ageing on older people’s international day
As every year, on the occasion of the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons (IDOP), AGE member organisations across the EU have been actively...
