→ Anyone around the world can be part of the global movement to create #AWorld4AllAges by using the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism's free toolkit. It includes everything you need to start or join a conversation on ageism, from social media tiles to syntheses of the best available evidence on the topic.
→ HelpAge International published Bringing generations together for change: a guide that captures key principles and practical steps to inspire effective intergenerational action. The guide was released in support of the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism.
→ UNFPA Asia & the Pacific is running a regional advocacy campaign called 'For Every Age', calling for investments in each stage of a woman's life, starting from before a girl's birth to her childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and later life, towards fostering healthy ageing.
→ The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia and the Japan Center for International Exchange recently announced the winners of the 2022 Healthy Aging Prize for Asian Innovation. This year, a Special Prize for Combatting Ageism was awarded – to Boonmerit Media (Thailand) for their Manoottangwai Intergenerational Online Media Campaign.
→ The UN Human Rights Council extended the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons by 3 more years – a crucial development in global work to combat ageism.
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