WHO/UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Webinar: Progress and Priorities for Ending Abuse of Older People
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing is hosting a webinar for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 17, Progress and Priorities for Ending Abuse of Older People, which will include JAHF President Terry Fulmer.
In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), UNFPA, and UN Women with the support of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) published a policy brief titled, "Tackling abuse of older people: five priorities for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030)."
In the webinar, the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing will revisit the five priorities outlined in the brief and with an expert panel, the event will explore progress that has been made to advance on these priorities over the last two years.
Program speakers include:
- Welcome: Dr Etienne Krug, Director – Department of Social Determinants of Health, WHO and Ms. Masumi Ono, Chief of Social Inclusion and Participation Branch, UN DESA
- Overview of priorities to address abuse of older people: Dr. Christopher Mikton, Technical Officer, WHO
- Combat ageism: Ms. Helena Herklots, Older People's Commission for Wales, United Kingdom
- Generate more and better data on prevalence and on risk and protective factors: Dr. Fadzilah Mohd Mydin, University of Malaya, Malaysia; Dr. LynnMarie Sardinha, Scientist – Violence against Women, WHO
- Develop and scale up cost-effective solutions: Dr. Laura Campo Tena, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Dr. George Rouamba, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso
- Raise funds to tackle the issue: Dr. Terry Fulmer, President – The John A. Hartford Foundation, United States of America
- Discussion: Dr. Claudia Mahler, UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons; Professor Abla Mahlo Sibai, American University of Beirut, Lebanon and INPEA
- Closing: Ms. Alana Officer, Unit Head – Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing, WHO
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Explore the policy brief.
