Parent Anne-Sophie

Former Secretary General AGE Platform Europe

[Philippe Seidel Leroy @PhiSeidel]

Anne-Sophie Parent underlines how financial exclusion is linked to actual exclusion:
Television licenses could not be paid in cash in a member state, a court acknowledged that this amounted to excluding non-digital customers and that cash must always be accepted as a payment

[Philippe Seidel Leroy @PhiSeidel]

Avenues proposed by the report by @forfinancewatch:
▶️ codesign to design products and regulation
▶️Get the #nondiscrimination framework done after 13 years of discussions
▶️Extending basic payment accounts and other regulation @EU_Finance
▶️Strengthen pension adequacy

[AGE Platform Europe @AGE_PlatformEU]

To what degree are older persons excluded from financial services? 💶💳✈️🏦🏧
▶️WEDNESDAY 10am-11am, join us discussing #FinancialInclusion
Joint event with @forfinancewatch, with @ToineMandersEP, @ecfin and @EU_Social
https://t.co/h9h1V0d7Lt

[Finance Watch @forfinancewatch]

This causes aged Europeans to lack access to the basic financial services necessary to live a dignified life (cash, basic payment & savings accounts, adequate pension schemes and insurance products). Women are more likely to be affected... 3/11 See also 👉https://t.co/g95yjxL18u

[Liat Ayalon @LiatAyalon]

The right to work should be granted regardless of one's chronological age. #Ageist stereotypes and discrimination should be eliminated to ensure that older people stay in the workforce, reenter the workforce, learn and train throughout their life. #OEWG11

[ROSEnet @ROSEnet_Action]

We're pleased to announce the publication of our book Social Exclusion in Later Life: Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives (eds Kieran Walsh @TomScharfNcl @SofieVanRegenm_ @WankaAnna) @SpringerOpen. Thanks to @COSTprogramme

Free access via:
https://t.co/nXfuUCoPEM

[AGE Platform Europe @AGE_PlatformEU]

New report by @UNHumanRights confirms that international human rights instruments do not cover consistently our rights in older age

🇩🇪 @GermanyUN, evidence is there that we need a dedicated UN convention. Will you lead the rallying at UN OEWG11?

#EULeadsTheRally #AgeWithRights

[Mireia @mireia_ferri]

@AgeFriendlyEU @EU_Commission @Fundesalud_Ex @EIP_AHA @ECHAlliance @DigitalAgeing @TheDHSociety @Aging_Research @WHO_Europe @dantas_carina @parent_anso @JGomezraja Today at 12.00 CET: Webinar on #greenpaperonaging organised by @AgeFriendlyEU

[Parent Anne-Sophie @parent_anso]

It is essential that the voice of older women is heard in the ongoing debates on how to rebuild better our post-COVID-19 societies stresses @OWN_Europe ahead of #InternationalWomensDay

[Philippe Seidel Leroy @PhiSeidel]

We are going from a #GenderPensionGap to a #Carers Pension Gap as more men take on caring roles, but the fundamental problem of income and social protection loss for #InformalCarers is not addressed - @parent_anso at #MIGAPE final conference @CEPS_thinktank

[Age-Friendly Europe @AgeFriendlyEU]

#COVIDー19 #pandemic slowed down our activities, but CoDC is active again to support members towards making Europe an Age-Friendly place for all
👉https://t.co/Um95dIjX2u
#Agingwell #activeandhealthyaging @WHO @EIP_AHA

[Anne-Marie Impe @ImpeAm]

La LDH publie son rapport annuel sur l'état des droits humains en Belgique. Heureuse d'y avoir participé! @AGE_PlatformEU @phensmans @ZSpriet @Gemenne @Ferreras_Isa @Dunja_Mijatovic @AltheaWilliams @MaryseHendrix1 @parent_anso @Ant1Mad @SylvieLausberg https://t.co/ZfeotWN1iN

[AGE Platform Europe @AGE_PlatformEU]

#COVID19 has shown just how badly things go wrong when our human rights are not adequately protected. We need stronger legal roots. We need a #UNConvention to help us shape societies & systems that are fair for all ages!
#OlderPeople #ItsAboutRights

[AGE Platform Europe @AGE_PlatformEU]

The final report of the citizen & civil society survey run by the @UN in 2020 recommends that "governments take steps to ratify & support the universal rights of people with disabilities and promote the creation of an UN Convention to protect the rights of older people” (p 30)

[AGE Platform Europe @AGE_PlatformEU]

Many women living in poverty suffer from inequalities that are three dimensional: linked to their gender, to their socio-economic status & to other criteria incl. race, disability and/or age. This intersectional discrimination makes them particularly vulnerable in times of crisis

[Parent Anne-Sophie @parent_anso]

@MichelBarnier Congratulations for all your efforts during these 4,5 years @MichelBarnier ! Very relieved that a deal could finally be reached. Now we can all look ahead to 2021. Happy New Year to all!

[Parent Anne-Sophie @parent_anso]

@DrJohnBeard Happy to help disseminate this wonderful news! Share it widely to gather support for the Decade.

[Nena Georgantzi @NenaGeorgantzi]

Very energized after @EU_Justice legal seminar and @elainemdewhurst report on age discrimination beyond employment. There is more cohesion&agreement than I thought among member states on the need to better protect from age discrimination. Time to adopt horizontal directive!

[Parent Anne-Sophie @parent_anso]

Help spread this good news! We will all benefit from more accessible environments 👏.

[AGE Platform Europe @AGE_PlatformEU]

We welcome the first European standard for accessible environment! 👏 An important step to enable everyone to exercise their rights and fully participate in society https://t.co/KeK0S4nVZF @anectweet, @myEDF, @Fundacion_ONCE, @NormasUNE

[Social Platform @social_platform]

This year is our 25th anniversary!🎂 On 10 November, we host a panel debate celebrating the achievements of our movement and looking into the future of social Europe, particularly, in the context of our new strategy and the #covid19 crisis. Join us!⬇️ https://t.co/i06pp8QqTW