DATE: 26-27 October 2021
DATE AND TIME OF SESSION 4: 27 October 2021, 16:30 - 18:30 KST - find your timezone
LANGUAGE: English

The first ever UN Global report on ageism was developed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with other UN agencies and published in March 2021. This report not only provides a conceptual framework for ageism, but also summarizes the best available evidence about the scale, impacts and determinants of ageism, as well as the most effective strategies to reduce it. The UN Global report on ageism highlights the serious impacts that ageism has for people’s health, well-being and human rights.

To disseminate this report more widely, the ASEM Global Ageing Center (AGAC) published its Korean translation during the ASEM Forum on Human Rights of Older Persons. The theme of the forum was Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons in Emergency Situations, and Session 4 of the forum marked the publication of the Korean translation of the report.

The session also created an opportunity to discuss how ageism manifests itself in emergencies, and how emergency situations in turn can augment and exacerbate existing ageism. In Session 4, Dr Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez, lead author of the UN Global report on ageism discussed the key findings of the report in the context of emergency situations. She also presented future research directions. Her presentation was followed by comments by three discussants: Ms. Amal Abou Rafeh, Chief, Programme on Ageing Unit, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Ms. Jemma Stovell, Global Voice Adviser, HelpAge International; and Dr. Soon-Dool Chung, Professor of Social Welfare, Ehwa Womans University.