Mark Gorman

Senior Policy Advisor at HelpAge, working on global ageing and local environment - views are mine

[Mark Gorman @markhelpage]

My blog on @oxford_ageing - Is ageism really “the last taboo”? https://t.co/YG6sGn7s9N

[Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 🇺🇦 @peterls1605]

So much for the government’s “global Britain “ hype

[Mark Gorman @markhelpage]

If not now, when?

[HelpAge International @HelpAge]

This week governments have a choice:

They can continue to turn a blind eye to #ageism. Or they can honour their commitment to protect our rights in older age. Which one will it be?

It's time for a #UNconvention on the rights of #olderpeople.
#LessTalkingMoreDrafting @UN @WHO

[Mark Gorman @markhelpage]

As governments gather at the #OEWG11, there's just one message for everyone there: we've talked for years: now it's time for a
@UN convention on the rights of #olderpeople.

#LessTalkingMoreDrafting @HelpAge

[AGE Platform Europe @AGE_PlatformEU]

The 11th session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing takes place from 29 March to 1st April. Follow the plenary and side-events online and engage with your government and NGOs on Twitter!

All links here:
https://t.co/RzrFi0OICI

#OEWG11 #AgeWithRights #EULeadsTheRally

[Age International @Age_Int]

Without protecting #olderpeople's rights, #ageism will keep harming our lives when we're older.

It doesn't have to be this way! That's why we're joining @HelpAge in calling for a #UNconvention to help stop ageism. Time to make it happen at the #OEWG11 #LessTalkingMoreDrafting

[HelpAge International @HelpAge]

Calling all campaigners & #selfie lovers!

As governments gather at the #OEWG11 next week, we have one message: It's time for a @UN convention on the rights of #olderpeople.

Take a selfie with a pen & ask your government to start drafting a convention. #LessTalkingMoreDrafting

[UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) @UNDecadeAgeing]

The first ever @UN #GlobalReportOnAgeism reveals that #ageism against older & younger people is highly prevalent worldwide. What are your experiences of ageism?

👉 Join the global conversation at #AWorld4AllAges
👉 Register for our online launch event: https://t.co/bYXZJCWRtB

[HelpAge International @HelpAge]

Keeping secrets is outrageous when it means losing lives.

Big pharma must #JoinCTAP to share their vaccines with the world and govts must ensure those most at risk get it first. #PeoplesVaccine #OlderPeople

@Pfizer @Moderna_tx @BioNTech_Group @AstraZeneca @Novavax @JNJNews

[Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 🇺🇦 @peterls1605]

Vaccine rollout in northern Argentina. Only enough doses for 5% of over-70s. Signup system overloaded and shuts down. This is fairly typical of what is happening in many developing countries https://t.co/Awe6JFLO7u

[Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 🇺🇦 @peterls1605]

Brazilian cities have already run out of Covid19 vaccine https://t.co/7bJcha99tj

[Mark Gorman @markhelpage]

COVID-19 vaccine distribution: No one is safe until everyone is safe https://t.co/xj7Z7QTSI9

[Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 🇺🇦 @peterls1605]

Sad to see the “woke” Guardian peddling ageist stereotypes ⁦@kentbuse⁩ ⁦@AdelinaCoHe⁩ ⁦@HelpAge⁩ ⁦@AgeUKnews⁩ ⁦@AGE_PlatformEU⁩

[Mark Gorman @markhelpage]

Excellent blog, which sums up the lose-lose trap for older people of boomer/burden rhetoric.

[Oxford Ageing @oxford_ageing]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 - #OxAgeBlog by George Leeson #ageing #babyboomers #dependencyratios
https://t.co/uvLSOWr6nU

[HelpAge International @HelpAge]

What does it take to trigger legal and social changes, along with better access to services?

👉 https://t.co/18LhPPYxUf

#ItsAboutRights #UNconvention #olderPeople @UN

[Mark Gorman @markhelpage]

We can all get behind this powerdul message.

But please @UN_SPExperts think about the images you use...

#nomorewrinklyhands

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

UN experts are alarmed at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a #disability or disabling conditions, including in old age.

“Disability should never be a justification to end a life.”

👉 https://t.co/utug3vtUKR

[Laura Parés Giménez @laurapares]

If your feet grow, you buy bigger shoes.
If you get a dog, you get food for dogs (hopefully).

So why aren’t we adapting to a world where we live longer?

OK…maybe it’s a bit more complicated than that.

Hence we need a #UNconvention on the #rights of #olderpeople😏

[Julian Woodford @HistoryLondon]

The families of key workers have been asked to step up during this pandemic, often without the support they so desperately need.

Tell the Government to give our key workers, including police, armed forces and teachers, the pay rise they deserve. 👇
https://t.co/1UvMdsmBEY"

[Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 🇺🇦 @peterls1605]

https://t.co/wS2bZHuFTv Post doc position for project on Covid19 and older people in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. Deadline 27 January