Coinciding with this year's International Day of Older Persons, New York SI UN Representative, Frances Zainoeddin, takes a look at what actions need to be taken to achieve digital equity for all ages.
SI UN Representatives, Maria Fornella and Frances Zainoeddin report from the CSocD58 side event in New York which was organised by SI, and focused on the topic of 'the Rise of Homelessness in Ageing Women'.
'The Journey to Age Equality' was the theme for the 2019 celebration of International Day of Older Persons (1 October), at the United Nations in New York, Organised by the NGO Committee on Ageing, and aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 10.
Today there are 700 million people world-wide over age 60, and it is expected to increase to 1.4 billion by 2030 and 2 billion by 2050 when 20% of the global population will be over 60.