This webinar will is aimed at equality body staff responsible for working on age discrimination. It will provide tools to engage more effectively with the UN system, with a focus on the UN OEWGA.
 

Register here by 18 February
 

The UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (UN OEWGA) was established by the UN General Assembly in 2010. Every year the UN OEWGA brings together Member States, NHRIs, NGOs and UN agencies to consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons, identify possible gaps in law and in practice, and how best to address them. The principle of non-discrimination is at the heart of these discussions.
 

Equality bodies have a crucial role to play in bringing forward their experience in tackling Ageism and Discrimination. Through their various competences and unique insights into the state of equality and discrimination, their ability to develop an intersectional approach to ageism, as well as the main issues and gaps in legislation and the jurisprudence, equality bodies can be particularly valuable to the UN OEWGA.