March, 2024

www.eapon.ca

Special Upcoming Webinar

April 10^th, 2024

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (PDT)

Canada has a long-standing history of leading Human Rights movements starting with the vote at the UN to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 – a promise of freedom, equality and justice for all. Today older adults represent the fastest growing demographic in our country yet we know that they do not enjoy the same protections as others and that the core of this societal intolerance is Ageism. 

We are calling on Canada, a member of civil society, to advocate for and support the declaration of a UN convention on the Rights of Older Persons, to foster a world free from ageism. Strengthening our collective voice means being informed about the facts, knowing how far we have come and what must happen at the UN in May 2024.

Participants will learn more about what is at stake, without this legally binding instrument being declared. The inadequacies and gaps identified in international Human Rights frameworks are well documented and public support for change is growing globally.

Learn more here

On April 10^th, learn how You can participate

and Get Serious About Human Rights!

Webinar provided with an ASL Interpreter

Guest Speakers

The Right Honourable

Adrienne Clarkson

Honourable Minister

Seamus O’Regan

Minister for Seniors

Speakers

Amal Abou Rafeh

Chief of the Programme on Ageing Section at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York

Margaret Gillis

Founding President of the International Longevity Centre Canada (ILC)

Bridget Sleap

Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch

Margaret Young

Founder Age Knowble,

Chair of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People

Frances Zainoeddin

Vice-Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing in New York

Marta Hajek

CEO, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario | WWW.EAPON.CA  | 416-91 6-6728

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