Campaigners urge governments to start drafting a new UN convention to ensure that we can all fully enjoy our rights in older age Today, on Human Rights Day and the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we recognize and celebrate the tireless work by campaigners around the world to protect the [...]
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP) is seeking to fill the new position of Communications Officer, to provide communications expertise, support the internal and external communications, and deliver on key advocacy and campaigning initiatives within the framework of the Age With Rights campaign. This is a part time, one-year employment [...]
Paying tribute to Dr. Jacob John Kattakayam GAROP would like to pay tribute to Professor Jacob John Kattakayam of the Centre for Gerontological Studies who sadly passed away on 7th December 2019 following a short illness. Professor Kattakayam was a tireless advocate for older people’s human rights and a UN convention and attended many of [...]
Kerala Declaration Declaration from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People’s Asia Pacific members workshop Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 14 November 2019 We make this urgent call from GAROP members in Asia Pacific States to the OEWG on Ageing to accelerate the work relating to the adoption of a new UN convention on the human [...]
NGO Statement and Panel discussion on technical cooperation in the promotion and protection of human rights I felt the weight of Human Rights NGOs and activists on my shoulders as a privilege when delivering the joint NGO statement at the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to the delegates precisely on behalf [...]
On 30th July, GAROP held the seventh webinar in its series organised in partnership with the International Federation on Ageing. The webinar focused on the F.A.I.R. Guidelines, recently launched by HelpAge International, that set out four key steps that organisations can follow in their national advocacy work around a UN convention on the rights of [...]
On 14-15th June Prabhat Kiran Pradhan, one of GAROP's older activists from Nepal, travelled to Krakow in Poland to participate in an International Experts Conference of Elder Abuse Prevention and Protection organised by the Pedagogical University of Krakow and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA). The conference was organized to [...]