Human Rights Day 2010

Human Rights Day 2010: Reflections on a great year for older people's rights

By Jennifer Williams

10th December 2010

Today is Human Rights Day; the theme for this year is human rights defenders who work to end discrimination.

Being part of HelpAge International and working on our Age Demands Action campaign, marking the importance of those defending human rights seems particularly significant.

And this year perhaps even more than others. 

As an organisation we've achieved so much, as have the older people around the world we work with. And clearly Human Rights Day is the best day to do it!

Global action on human rights

Firstly, in October we worked with thousands of rights defenders through the older men and women in 50 countries around the world who spoke up to defend their rights as part of the Age Demands Actioncampaign.

There were marches with brass band processions and involving celebrities like Kenyan football legend,Joe Kadenge. World renowned South African trumpeter, singer and composer Hugh Masekela also lent his support to older people's rights.

There were also exhibitions of older people's handicrafts and interactive radio talkshows in Indonesia;and in Bangladesh older people formed human chains to ask for an increase in their old age allowance.

Read more about our campaigns and our work for the rights of older people

Abridged
SOURCE:     HelpAge.Org
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