Older Women Network Europe

Tomorrow is the Day of #IntergenerationalSolidarity. Let's celebrate younger and older generations coming together to combat #ageism and create a #AWorld4AllAges! @UNDecadeAgeing @Youth_Forum @AGE_PlatformEU

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Rapid drops in LE hard reminder that far too many died prematurely due to COVID-19, said @ansoparent, SG @AgeFriendlyEU, @OWN_Europe. Help stop the decline: Get the jab and keep your distance!

Older people must be included as active participants in the co-creation and design of health and care services that aim to support them, wrote our colleague @Ilenia_AGE There's no other way if we want health and care to reflect our human rights standards. #AgeingEqual #EUAgeing

Addressing the gender pay gap would help tackle the gender pension gap @ReneeLaiv @OWNEurope at #OEWG11. A #UNConvention would prevent gender discrimination and women’s higher risk of poverty and dependency in old age.

Older women have been particularly affected in pandemic and denied access to hospital and palliative care. A #UNConvention will ensure that age discrimination is prohibited in the law @OWN_Europe #AgeWithRights #LessTalkingMoreDrafting #OEWG11

Listen to @OWN_Europe Secretary General Elizabeth Sclater #OEWG11 calling for more attention to be paid to older women's rights in post Covid recovery #StandUp4HumanRights

Build stronger national legal frameworks to protect the HRs of older women and men as called for by @antonioguterres and ask for a UN instrument on the HR of older persons at the next meeting of the OEWG on Ageing” urged Elizabeth Sclater SG @OWN_Europe at @UN_CSW #CSW65 today

« Urgent to improve data collection about older women and to remove all age caps including in intimate partner violence, so that a full picture across all ages is gained, followed by effective responses” said Elizabeth Sclater, SG @OWN_Europe today @UN_CSW #CSW65

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It is essential that the voice of older women is heard in the ongoing debates on how to rebuild better post-COVID-19 societies stresses @OWN_Europe. Older women are amongst those most affected by the pandemic. Yet they seldom have a say in policies that concern them most!

Les dones cobren un 23% menys que els homes. Avui #DiaIgualtatSalarial recuperem l'entrevista a @npociellocay8 (@fundacioaroa, @femEUplatform, @EuropeanWomen) sobre l'informe d'@eurogender que assenyala que la plena igualtat podria trigar encara 60 anys. elpratradio.com/programs/conne…

🔵HAPPENING NOW What are today's "intersectional" challenges to the rights of #PersonsWithDisabilities? @SR_Disability Gerard Quinn discusses new approaches to #PWD with the Human Rights Council. ℹ️ #HRC46 INFO ow.ly/in7750DGLVh 📺 #HRC46 WATCH ow.ly/hFxQ50DGLVi

Listening to European Parliament’s #IWD2021 event. @vonderleyen promises: 1. new EU legislation on #VAW made all the more urgent by #COVID19 2. putting women at the centre of recovery in #NextGenerationEU 3. work-life balance measures in Action Plan in Social Rights Pillar 1/2

Mary Robinson addresses the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the devastating impact of #COVID19 on the health and education of girls. Read her speech: theelders.org/news/covid-19-… #HRC46