Ageing and gender
- The proportion of older persons in the world will double by 2050
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2009
- This report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. This edition includes features on ageing in...
- The importance of day care services in terms of gender-equal practices
- Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe, 2009
- Elderly women outnumber elderly men in all countries of the UNECE region. They are more likely to live in poverty, be affected by disability and restrictions of mobility. Many elderly women are widows and at an economic disadvantage. ...
- The importance of social protection systems in encouraging fairer division of paid and unpaid work
- United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009
- This paper links trends in poverty and income distribution with social protection systems, placing special emphasis on how these systems have responded to the social impacts of recent crisis. The report notices that the different stat...
- The importance of social protection systems in encouraging fairer division of paid and unpaid work
- United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009
- This paper links trends in poverty and income distribution with social protection systems, placing special emphasis on how these systems have responded to the social impacts of recent crisis. The report notices that the different stat...
- Program on the Global Demography of Aging
- Research centre on demographic change and ageing
- The Grandmother Project
- The Grandmother Project (GMP) is an international development organisation working globally to improve the health and well being of women and children. Areas of focus: Maternal and child nutrition and health Early childhood development Water and sanitation Education Female genital mutilation...
