Should the UK help older people all over the world?

Carolina and her carer in Mozambique

There has been some media coverage recently suggesting that the UK shouldn’t be helping vulnerable older people in other parts of the world, with some going so far as to suggest that funding for the UK Aid budget should be diverted into funding social care in the UK.

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Better data means better lives

Governments have committed to disaggregating data – making sure that the information that is gathered makes visible different groups in society so we can better monitor the effectiveness of our actions.

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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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The UK’s role in the world humanitarian summit

An older woman in Haiti smiles.

We are advocating for the UK Government to make a strong contribution to the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) to ensure the inclusion of people of all ages in future humanitarian responses, and to implement these principles and influence others following the WHS.

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Violence against women goes uncounted past age 49

Mageni shows the injuries on her face from being attacked.

Women of all ages experience violence and abuse. In order to protect women around the world, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have set a target to ‘eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls’. However, until now, data has only been collected on women up to the age of 49.

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