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United Nations Meetings and Events:


2018

9th Session Open Ended Working Group on Ageing

 

23 - 26 July - 9th Session Open Ended Working Group on Ageing

 

 

parallel event flyerINPEA Side Event Flyer --                          Preserving Autonomy to Prevent Violence in LTC:      A Global View of Program & Policy

 

 

INPEA Co Sponsored Side Event with CARE Rights, NGO, Seoul, -- AGE is no Protection Gender-Based Violence Flyer
AGE is NO Protection: Gender Based Violence Against Older Women and Men and Women Migrants 

 

 

 

9 - 18 July HLPF on the SDG's

12 -23 March 62nd Comm Status of Women UNHQ NYC

INPEA Parallel Event Flyer--

Older Rural Women, Beyond Poverty and Violence, Programs and Policy

Co sponors: Friends of Older Persons, UN NY, IAGG, WUNRN, UN CoNGO Comm on Ageing, NY. Assoc. of Women's Career Develpment, Hungary, Intl Advertising Association, Hungary and IAGG. 

14 March INPEA Co Sponsored Parallel Event w/ IAGG/ WUNRN/ AWCDHungary/NGOCoA NY

Pictures and presentations may be viewed at http://womenscareer.org/?site=100&cid=137

2017

25 - 26 Oct - Expert Group Meeting, Aging & Disabilities

20 - 21 Sept - Lisbon UNECE 3rd MIPAA Review

10 - 21 July - HLPF on the SDG's 

1 August - Intergenerational Dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals: 

Ariela Lowenstein, INPEA Reg Rep EU intervened on behalf of Older Persons

 

INPEA NGO Reports

UN HQ NEW YORK: 
Susan Somers, Main UN NGO Rep.
Rosa Resnick, Tina Maschi, Robert Brent, Marie Beaulieu,
and Bei Wu, Additional Reps, Kathy Kline, Temp Rep.
 
 
10th OEWGA Date TBD July 2019
Focus Issues:
1) “Education, training, life-long learning and capacity-building”
2) “Social protection and social security (including social protection floors)”.
 
Focus Issues:
1) Autonomy and independence 
2) Long -term and palliative care
 
(Click above for Save the Date )
 
8th OEWGA July 2017 - Chair's Reports
Focus Issues:
1) Equality and Non-Discrimination
 
2) Neglect, Violence and Abuse
 
GAROP Civil Society Meeting 3 July 2017
(click here for program and Reports link)
 
7th OEWGA  December 2016 - Chair's Report 
 
6th OEWGA  July 2015 - Chair's Report

5th OEWGA  Aug 2014 - Chair's Report

UN GENEVA: 
Ursula Barter-Hemmerich, Main UN NGO Rep.
Delphine Schwab Roulet, Silvia Perel-Levin,
Bridget Penhale, Additional Reps.
 
Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights of Older Persons

First Report to Human Rights Council (Click for Report in 5 UN Languages)

IE's COUNTRY REPORTS: Slovenia, Austria, Mauritius, Montenegro (Sept2018)

 
 
 
UN VIENNA
Dr. Ulrike Waginger, MSc (Global Ageing), Main UN NGO Rep.
Co-Chair NGO Committee on Ageing, Vienna 
 
UN DESA 
1st Expert Group Meeting Violence Against Older Women, Nov 2013
Experts: Patricia Brownell, Bridget Penhale, Elsie Yan, Milutin Vracevic,
Susan Somers, Observer

 

World Health Organization 

Meetings and Reports

INPEA Representatives and Experts
 
WHO Violence Prevention Alliance: 2017 8th Milestone Meeting
Bridget Penhale, and Susan Somers, Representatives
 
WHO First Status Report on Violence Prevention, 2014: Bridget Penhale,
Silvia Perel-Levin, Suzan Yazici, Patrica Brownell, Susan Somers, Contributors
 

 



NEW:  INPEA ELECTIONS UPCOMING! 

WATCH for MORE INFORMATION - Click here to go to 2018 Elections

INPEA Nominations Committee will be acting to determine potential candidates and to develop a slate for officers, Board Members and Representatives  in the upcoming elections.  

 
INPEA Annual Membership and Board Meetings
2018: September: 
10th, Geneva in conjunction with 39th UN HRC
October:
30th,  INPEA HQ, Center on Gerontology, Virginia Tech, Blackburg, Va., USA (virtual meeting) 
          November:
  6th,  Abuja, Nigeria in conjunction with 1st SGA African Region Conference
17th,  Boston, Mass in conjunction with GSA
May:   23rd,  Budapest, Hungary in conjunction with the Annual WCDNH Meeting
 
2017: June - Paraguay, in conjunction with the 3rd MIPAA Review
July  - USA, (at GSA/IAGG)
Sept - Lisbon/Geneva

2016: June - Nigeria, Australia, and S. Korea
          October - Cuba and USA

Membership --  FINAL Notice: pay dues before 2018 election
Join INPEA: Click to Pay Dues on line
Membership Brochure

Donate
Support INPEA: Make your donation on line

Archives

2015 Meetings Reports
INPEA Meeting at the 3rd ICGGM Delhi, India 27-29 November

WEAAD - International Commemorations

2015 Dublin: 22 April 2015 Presentations and slides on line

USA 1st Summit: 15 June
UN HRC Geneva: 15 June
UN HQ's New York: 15 June
Sponsor:  UN Group of Friends of Older Persons, NY

Global Alliance for the Rights of Older Persons (GAROP)

Launch:
"In Their Own Words", a Global Consultation with Older Persons

INPEA's new OFFICERS - 2014 

United Nations General Assembly Resolves:

"World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)"
Designated as an Official UN International Day, observed annually on June 15th

United Nations Meetings and Events:


2018

9th Session Open Ended Working Group on Ageing

 

23 - 26 July - 9th Session Open Ended Working Group on Ageing

 

 

parallel event flyerINPEA Side Event Flyer --                          Preserving Autonomy to Prevent Violence in LTC:      A Global View of Program & Policy

 

 

INPEA Co Sponsored Side Event with CARE Rights, NGO, Seoul, -- AGE is no Protection Gender-Based Violence Flyer
AGE is NO Protection: Gender Based Violence Against Older Women and Men and Women Migrants 

 

 

 

9 - 18 July HLPF on the SDG's

12 -23 March 62nd Comm Status of Women UNHQ NYC

INPEA Parallel Event Flyer--

Older Rural Women, Beyond Poverty and Violence, Programs and Policy

Co sponors: Friends of Older Persons, UN NY, IAGG, WUNRN, UN CoNGO Comm on Ageing, NY. Assoc. of Women's Career Develpment, Hungary, Intl Advertising Association, Hungary and IAGG. 

14 March INPEA Co Sponsored Parallel Event w/ IAGG/ WUNRN/ AWCDHungary/NGOCoA NY

Pictures and presentations may be viewed at http://womenscareer.org/?site=100&cid=137

2017

25 - 26 Oct - Expert Group Meeting, Aging & Disabilities

20 - 21 Sept - Lisbon UNECE 3rd MIPAA Review

10 - 21 July - HLPF on the SDG's 

1 August - Intergenerational Dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals: 

Ariela Lowenstein, INPEA Reg Rep EU intervened on behalf of Older Persons

 

INPEA NGO Reports

UN HQ NEW YORK: 
Susan Somers, Main UN NGO Rep.
Rosa Resnick, Tina Maschi, Robert Brent, Marie Beaulieu,
and Bei Wu, Additional Reps, Kathy Kline, Temp Rep.
 
 
10th OEWGA Date TBD July 2019
Focus Issues:
1) “Education, training, life-long learning and capacity-building”
2) “Social protection and social security (including social protection floors)”.
 
Focus Issues:
1) Autonomy and independence 
2) Long -term and palliative care
 
(Click above for Save the Date )
 
8th OEWGA July 2017 - Chair's Reports
Focus Issues:
1) Equality and Non-Discrimination
 
2) Neglect, Violence and Abuse
 
GAROP Civil Society Meeting 3 July 2017
(click here for program and Reports link)
 
7th OEWGA  December 2016 - Chair's Report 
 
6th OEWGA  July 2015 - Chair's Report

5th OEWGA  Aug 2014 - Chair's Report

UN GENEVA: 
Ursula Barter-Hemmerich, Main UN NGO Rep.
Delphine Schwab Roulet, Silvia Perel-Levin,
Bridget Penhale, Additional Reps.
 
Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights of Older Persons

First Report to Human Rights Council (Click for Report in 5 UN Languages)

IE's COUNTRY REPORTS: Slovenia, Austria, Mauritius, Montenegro (Sept2018)

 
 
 
UN VIENNA
Dr. Ulrike Waginger, MSc (Global Ageing), Main UN NGO Rep.
Co-Chair NGO Committee on Ageing, Vienna 
 
UN DESA 
1st Expert Group Meeting Violence Against Older Women, Nov 2013
Experts: Patricia Brownell, Bridget Penhale, Elsie Yan, Milutin Vracevic,
Susan Somers, Observer

 

World Health Organization 

Meetings and Reports

INPEA Representatives and Experts
 
WHO Violence Prevention Alliance: 2017 8th Milestone Meeting
Bridget Penhale, and Susan Somers, Representatives
 
WHO First Status Report on Violence Prevention, 2014: Bridget Penhale,
Silvia Perel-Levin, Suzan Yazici, Patrica Brownell, Susan Somers, Contributors
 

 



NEW:  INPEA ELECTIONS UPCOMING! 

WATCH for MORE INFORMATION - Click here to go to 2018 Elections

INPEA Nominations Committee will be acting to determine potential candidates and to develop a slate for officers, Board Members and Representatives  in the upcoming elections.  

 
INPEA Annual Membership and Board Meetings
2018: September: 
10th, Geneva in conjunction with 39th UN HRC
October:
30th,  INPEA HQ, Center on Gerontology, Virginia Tech, Blackburg, Va., USA (virtual meeting) 
          November:
  6th,  Abuja, Nigeria in conjunction with 1st SGA African Region Conference
17th,  Boston, Mass in conjunction with GSA
May:   23rd,  Budapest, Hungary in conjunction with the Annual WCDNH Meeting
 
2017: June - Paraguay, in conjunction with the 3rd MIPAA Review
July  - USA, (at GSA/IAGG)
Sept - Lisbon/Geneva

2016: June - Nigeria, Australia, and S. Korea
          October - Cuba and USA

Membership --  FINAL Notice: pay dues before 2018 election
Join INPEA: Click to Pay Dues on line
Membership Brochure

Donate
Support INPEA: Make your donation on line

Archives

2015 Meetings Reports
INPEA Meeting at the 3rd ICGGM Delhi, India 27-29 November

WEAAD - International Commemorations

2015 Dublin: 22 April 2015 Presentations and slides on line

USA 1st Summit: 15 June
UN HRC Geneva: 15 June
UN HQ's New York: 15 June
Sponsor:  UN Group of Friends of Older Persons, NY

Global Alliance for the Rights of Older Persons (GAROP)

Launch:
"In Their Own Words", a Global Consultation with Older Persons

INPEA's new OFFICERS - 2014 

United Nations General Assembly Resolves:

"World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)"
Designated as an Official UN International Day, observed annually on June 15th

HUMAN RIGHTS and OLDER PERSONS

 

 

People of all Ages have Rights!

Help promote the Human Rights of Older Persons;
join the Global Call for a new

"UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons"

Ensure the Voices of Older Persons are heard around the World

 

Launch of A New International NGO Collaboration Resource: February 4th
click below to download a .pdf copy

"Strengthening the Rights of Older People: Towards a UN Convention"

Please click for document in English, French, Arabic, Nepali, Spanish, Brazilian Portugese

On February 4, 2010 INPEA joined with an International Collaboration of NGO's to launch this important new resource.
Now you can be part of this important movement.
Please help us to translate further this document - click to e-mail Susan Somers.

Why do we need a New Convention on the Rights of Older People?
Learn more about this and the INGO Resource launch during the UN Commission on Social Development,
February 4th, 2010 (click here)

The following International NGO's are Collaborating for a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons:
International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, (INPEA)
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG),
International Association of Homes and Services for the Aged, (IAHSA),
International Federation on Ageing (IFA-FIV),
International Longevity Center, Global Alliance, (ILC Global Alliance), HelpAge International (HelpAge),
Global Action on Aging (GAA), Age Concern/Help the Aged (AG/HAE), and AARP,
together with the support of the NGO Committee on Ageing, New York, NGO Committee on Ageing/NY,
and the NGO Committee on Ageing, Vienna         

June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day!

Please join INPEA at the United Nations on June 16, 2017

&  at the GSA/IAGG on July 23, 2017

register for these events below

INPEA Annual International Commemorations  

2017 United Nations International Day of Commemoration,

UN Headquarters, NYC -- June 16, 2017 *

REGISTER HERE for June 16th Event

WEAAD2017_MissionStatement

WORLD DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 

Thank you all for joining INPEA at the IAGG July 23rd Symposium

 

INPEA Event  was held in conjunction with the GSA/IAGG

 

INTERNATONAL NETWORK FOR THE PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE (INPEA)

 

Annual International Commemoration Symposium

of

World Elder Abuse  Awareness Day 

and

 The 20th Anniversary Celebration of INPEA

  

A Full Day Forum

(Please click here for Program)

 

 held on

 

Sunday, July 23, 2017

 

9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

 

Golden Gate C1,

Marriott Marquis

 San Francisco, Ca USA

 

 

PAST WEAAD EVENTS
  

INPEA 10th World Conferences
2015 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

DUBLIN 22 April PROGRAM
Presentations and slides are now online
(click above)
Journée internationale de sensibilisation aux abus envers les aînés

 

SERBIA  -- Visit with INPEA Co National Reps Natasa and Milutin, May 2018 

X Gerontological Conference

Commission on Equality :SERBIA Minister Meeting


Grey Youth Choir - Korea Commemorates WEAAD

Visiting with Krishna Gautam and staff at Ageing Nepal

Resource "Tool Kit"
to Raise World Awareness on Adult Abuse

This Community Resource Tool Kit is created to help individuals, organizations and communities throughout the world plan for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, to be held on June 15 of each year. The first WEAAD was launched on June 15, 2006.

Thank you for your comments and help to improve
Awareness of Elder Abuse and Neglect in the 2010 Update to
the INPEA Community Resource"Tool Kit" now available on line.

CLICK HERE to access the 2010 INPEA "Tool Kit"

60th Comm on Status of Women - UN HQ NY - INPEA Side Events: 

"Ending Elder Abuse" and "Ageism and Widowhood"

59th Comm on the Status of Women,  UN HQ NY, March 2015
INPEA and WUNRN Co-Convened Parallel Event

"Witchcraft Accusations and Violence Against Older Women"

Samuel Slewion, MSW, INPEA National Representative for Liberia, (read presentation here) and
Susan Somers, INPEA President

UN ECE Beijing +20 Interactive Roundtable:

Women and Ageing – Older Women Count

November 2014 – Palais des Nations Geneva,
Co-conveners:
Silvia Perel-Levin, International Longevity Centre Global Alliance (ILC GA)
Ursula Barter-Hemmerich, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA)
Moderator: Bridget Sleap, HelpAge International
Speakers:
Elizabeth Sclater, Executive Officer, Older Women’s Network, Europe (OWN)
Andrea Ferenczi, President, Association for Women’s Career Development in Hungary
Israel Doron, Head, Department of Gerontology, Haifa University, Israel, INPEA Nat Rep Israel
Lisa Warth, Technical Officer, Department of Ageing and
Life Course, World Health Organization (WHO)
Rapporteur: Kelly Fitzgerald, International Federation on Ageing (IFA)

 

3rd ICGGM Conference and INPEA International Meeting Delhi, India 27-29 November 2015

 

 

Sailesh, Susan and Mala Sailesh intervention

1) Sailesh Mishra, Susan Somers, Mala Kapur Shankardass 2)  Tova Winterstein, Sailesh Mishra, Susan Somers 


 
Susan Somers, with Paulette Metang, INPEA Nat Rep. Cameroon • Pastor Chukwu with Susan Somers and INPEA members from Nigeria

 

 

INPEA Highlights...

 

 

Dr Tavengwa Nhongo, INPEA Board of Director from Africa for a decade,
has been Appointed First Executive Director of
Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP)

This appointment is effective as of 1st January 2011

 

Dr Tavengwa Nhongo, INPEA Board of Director
from Africa for a decade,
has been Appointed First Executive Director of
Africa Platform for Social Protection

Dear Colleague/partners,

The APSP is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Tavengwa Nhongo as its first Executive Director with effect from 1st January 2011.

Dr. Nhongo was selected from among a strong pool of candidates that were identified through a rigorous recruitment process led and supported by an independent Human Resource Development and Recruitment firm and the APSP board of directors.

Dr Nhongo has extensive experience which spans over 30 years gained in public, private and international development institutions. Of these, 22 years have been spent in nongovernment organizations, 12 of them as Regional Representative for HelpAge International. Prior to this, he was the Director of HelpAge Zimbabwe and Deputy Field Director for the same organization.

Please join me in welcoming Dr Nhongo to the APSP family and it is my hope that you will provide Dr Nhongo and the APSP the necessary support that will enable it achieve its set objective of promoting social protection as a poverty alleviation strategy for the poor and vulnerable populations in Africa.

Best wishes for the new year,

Edmond Odaba
Programme Coordinator, Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP)
P.O Box 10664-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Email Mr. Odaba @ africacsp.org or to Mr. Obada @ yahoo.com

Click for 2006 Rosalie Wolf Award
being presented to Dr. Nhongo

APSP on the Web at www@africacsp.org

APSP supports civil society engagement with development of social protection policy processes & programmes in Africa

Ms. Geselle Coffi INPEA National Representative to Curaçao
receives special recognition

Geselle V. Rosaria - Coffi, President, Fundashon Nos Grandinan
is presented with plaque by
Mr. Hensley Koeiman, Minister of Social Affairs, Labor and Welfare (SOAW)
Click here for further details

 

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INPEA National Representative to Curaçao
receives special recognition

Geselle V. Rosaria - Coffi, President, Fundashon Nos Grandinan being presented with plaque by Mr. Hensley Koeiman, Minister of Social Affairs, Labor and Welfare Sociale Ontwikkeling, Arbeid en Welzijn (SOAW)

Recognition to Geselle Rosaria – Coffi for her valuable contribution to the social development and well-being of our elders
Curaçao, December 31st, 2010

Click here to download .pdf
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Ms Laura Machado,
IAGG's International Coordinator for the United Nations,
receives the Prize Award on Human Rights

from the Minister of Human Rights and Brazilian President Lula,
in recognition of her major work to promote the rights of old people in Brazil and outside.

Click here for further details & photos

Ms Laura Machado, IAGG's International Coordinator for the United Nations,
received the Prize Award on Human Rights
from the Minister of Human Rights and Brazilian President Lula, in recognition of her major work
to promote the rights of old people in Brazil and outside.

Past-President Dr. Renato Maia Guimaraes represented the IAGG during the ceremony
that was held on December 13th, 2010 in Brasilia.

Today, Ms Machado leads a team of NGOs to promote a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons
within the United Nations.

Click here to download .pdf

Call for Nominations: Regional and National Representatives

Open Invitation to Serve INPEA.

INPEA is seeking nominations to fill honorary positions for vacant Regional and National Representatives.
Submit nominations by June 1 and December 1 for consideration. (These are voluntary positions).

Download Nomination Form
Click for National Rep Form .doc || Click for Regional Rep Form .doc
Qualifications and Procedure for Nomination of National Representatives
Click to download .pdf

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (JEAN)
An International Journal...
A crucial interdisciplinary journal focusing on prevention and treatment strategies!
Edited by Karen Stein, PhD,. JEAN is the official journal of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse: www.haworthpress.com

For INPEA Board, Regional & National Representative
Contact Information - Click here

For further info/comments, please e-mail INPEA