Broadcaster Penny Smith gets behind Age International’s photo competition

Radio and TV presenter and supporter of charity Age International Penny Smith is encouraging people to enter the Charity’s photo competition to raise awareness of and celebrate older people around the world.

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Get involved in the DFID data experiment

Podira and her husband Julian are members of their older people's group.

To ensure that everyone benefits from the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and that we Leave No One Behind, the Department for International Development (DFID) are asking people to get involved in their Open Policy-Making experiment.

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Marginalisation of older people a major challenge for the World Humanitarian Summit

Older man carries a food pack after Typhoon Haiyan.

Older voices in humanitarian crises compiled by HelpAge International, Age International’s global partner, emphasises a need for greater consideration of older people’s specific needs and vulnerabilities.

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Why ‘gender’ must include men

A man and woman stand side by side in Tanzania (c) Jeff Williams

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that gender policy and programming is solely about women, and particularly about young women. It isn’t. Gender is about all of us, at all ages.

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Don’t forget older people, Age International tells Syria conference

Old Syrian refugee in Lebanon.

This week governments from around the world are convening in London to discuss the continuing humanitarian crisis in Syria – a description that hardly does justice to the extremity and gravity of the situation.

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