Igualdad de género y mujeres mayores
Derechos y Buen Trato con perspectiva de género y de edad



15 SEPTIEMBRE 2022 - 11 NOVIEMBRE 2022
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Las personas mayores en
cooperación internacional y acción humanitaria

Curso orientado a la necesidad e importancia de hacer visibles los derechos y las necesidades de las personas mayores en contextos de emergencias humanitarias y que nuestros proyectos sean inclusivos.

PRÓXIMAMENTE (2022)
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Kulkulu Jeldessa Gimbe
© Clemence Eliah/HelpAge International PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALWAYS CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) IF YOU WISH TO USE THE IMAGE FOR PRINT AND WEB! Female Matrona 62 Tanzania Matrona was born in the Kitunga village and is a farmer. She grows maize and rice for food and wheat and ground nuts to sell. She is married and has 6 children. She also has 2 grandchildren who she stays with. “I have not experienced age discrimination myself but many older women have. They have had their land grabbed, been killed or not been respected. When older women make contributions in meetings people boo them, people don’t want to listen to them.” Why do you think you are not discriminated against? “I think I am not discriminated against because I have been in leadership roles since I was young. As a leader they couldn’t treat me unfairly because once they do I can the issue up. I don’t know how I came to be in these leadership roles, people were just electing me. Maybe because I had an education and most older people don’t.” “I feel very bad when I see other older women being treated unfairly but this is declining because we stood up against them. We are happy the village and religious leaders work hand in hand with us and the rights of older people.” “Unfortunately I did not know about human rights before the project started. If we had known maybe some of the deaths would have been prevented and the land grabbing wouldn’t have taken place. I feel great that older people are respected now and stand on their own doing business.” “Now I feel more empowered than when I was younger. I am more knowledgeable. I have my own property which I didn’t have and I can be trusted. I can lead the whole village because of the project.” “Age is one of the things that make me a leader. When I was younger I was leading the youth but now I can lead both because of my age. The youth respect me. I

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Ayudamos a las personas mayores y defendemos sus derechos en todo el mundo

En HelpAge International España trabajamos para defender los derechos humanos de las personas mayores con el objetivo de que puedan disfrutar de una vida digna, segura, activa y saludable.

Somos parte de HelpAge International, la única red global dedicada a cambiar el mundo para las personas mayores desde hace más de 30 años.

Creemos que la contribución que las personas mayores hacen a la sociedad es incalculable y, aun así, siguen siendo uno de los grupos más vulnerables, invisibilizados y olvidados del mundo.

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