International Day of Older Persons
United nations International day for Older Persons (UNIDOP-2022) is celebrated every year on 1st of October. On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons.
The theme for this year:
"Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World"
Objectives of UNIDOP-2022:
- To highlight the resilience of older women in the face of environmental, social, economic and lifelong inequalities
- To raise awareness of the importance of improved world-wide data collection, disaggregated by age and gender
- To call on member states, UN entities, UN Women, and civil society to include older women in the center of all policies, ensuring gender equality as described in the Secretary-General’s report, Our Common Agenda
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