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== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==
[https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=search&docid=4ee72aaf2&skip=0&query=need%20to%20know%20guidance%20older%20people Working with Older Persons in Forced Displacement]


* This document provides guidance for individuals on protecting the rights of older persons in situations of forced displacement or statelessness.
# [https://www.unhcr.org/older-persons UNHCR  Older Persons]
#* [https://www.unhcr.org/uk/excom/standcom/4e857c279/unhcrs-policy-older-refugees-19-april-2000-annex-ii-draft-report-seventeenth.html UNHCR Policy on Older Refugees]
#* [https://www.unhcr.org/protection/women/5aa13c0c7/policy-age-gender-diversity-accountability-2018.html UNHCR Policy on Age, Gender and Diversity]
#* [https://www.unhcr.org/protection/operations/60db21bc4/tip-sheet-applying-unhcr-age-gender-diversity-policy-older-people.html Applying the UNHCR Age, Gender and Diversity Policy to Older Persons]
#* [https://emergency.unhcr.org/entry/113765/older-persons UNHCR Emergency Handbook Older Persons]
#* [https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=search&docid=4ee72aaf2&skip=0&query=need%20to%20know%20guidance%20older%20people UNHCR Working with Older Persons in Forced Displacement]
# [https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=search&docid=5a844bda16&skip=0&query=need%20to%20know%20guidance%20older%20people Humanitarian Inclusion Standards for Older People and People with Disabilities]
#* These standards provide practitioners and organisations with clear actions that can be taken to protect, support and engage older people and people with disabilities and provide guidance to identify and overcome barriers to participation and access in diverse contexts, and at all stages of the humanitarian programme cycle.
# [https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/ageing/WorldPopulationAgeing2019-Report.pdf World Population Ageing Report 2019]
#* The present report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes an in-depth analysis of new measures that offer an alternative perspective on changes in the population age structure. It also presents measures to track trends in economic dependency as a result of changes in the population age distribution.
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== References  ==
== References  ==

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Resources[edit | edit source]

  1. UNHCR Older Persons
  2. Humanitarian Inclusion Standards for Older People and People with Disabilities
    • These standards provide practitioners and organisations with clear actions that can be taken to protect, support and engage older people and people with disabilities and provide guidance to identify and overcome barriers to participation and access in diverse contexts, and at all stages of the humanitarian programme cycle.
  3. World Population Ageing Report 2019
    • The present report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes an in-depth analysis of new measures that offer an alternative perspective on changes in the population age structure. It also presents measures to track trends in economic dependency as a result of changes in the population age distribution.

References[edit | edit source]