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{Virtual Town Hall} COVID-19 and Older People: What It Takes to be an Advocate

Name: {Virtual Town Hall} COVID-19 and Older People: What It Takes to be an Advocate
Start: 2020-09-04T07:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-09-04T08:00:00-04:00
Location: Virtual

4 September 2020 @ 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT

Free

Greetings,

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, global leaders in civil society have come together to address the devastating and ongoing impacts to the lives and functioning of older people. Going beyond the immediate emergency response and informing effective long-term policy frameworks will require sustained efforts and a unified voice to respond to the needs of older people. As the Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing in Geneva, Ms. Silvia Perel-Levin shares in this IFA Virtual Town Hall good practices in advocating for the recognition of the rights of older people on the global scale.

Date and Time:

Friday 4^th September 2020

7:00-8:00 am (Eastern Daylight Time)

Opening Remarks:

Ms. Silvia Perel-Levin

Chair

NGO Committee on Ageing, Geneva

For any questions or concerns please contact astancu@ifa.ngo.

Kind regards,

Andra Stancu

Project Officer

International Federation on Ageing

Previous IFA Virtual Town Hall Recordings and Resources

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CoNGO Notes: CoNGO and its substantive committees are actively working on issues related to ageing, older persons and intergenerational solidarity. For more information: NGO Committee on Ageing – Geneva, please visit ageingcommitteegeneva.org. NGO Committee on Ageing – New York, please visit www.ngocoa-ny.org. NGO Committee on Ageing – Vienna, please visit ngoageingvie.org. NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity, email the Chair, Rosa Perla Resnick at rositaresnick@yahoo.com or the Vice Chair, Susanne Seperson at susanneseperson@gmail.com.

Details

Date:: 4 September 2020
Time:: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
Cost:: Free
Event Categories:: CoNGO Member Events, CoNGO Recommended Events
Event Tags:: Ageing, civil society, Conference of NGOs (CoNGO), COVID-19, NGOs, older persons, pandemic, women

Organizer

: International Federation on Aging
Email:: astancu@ifa.ngo; View Organizer Website

Venue

Virtual

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