International Strategic Partnership Signing: ETHR, Feminist Solidarity Network
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May 15, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the mistreatment and neglect of our elderly population. As we honor our elders, it is essential to reflect on the values and traditions that form the foundation of our families and communities.
Family is the cornerstone of society, and our elders are the keepers of our history, wisdom, and traditions. They have dedicated their lives to nurturing and guiding us, passing down invaluable lessons and stories that shape our identities. On this day, let us reaffirm our commitment to protecting and respecting them.
Elder abuse can take many forms, including physical, emotional, and financial harm. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that our elders are treated with the dignity and care they deserve. By fostering environments of respect and love, we uphold the values that our elders have instilled in us.
Tradition teaches us to honor and revere our elders, recognizing their contributions and the rich legacy they leave behind. Let’s use today to educate ourselves and others about elder abuse, and to take active steps in our communities to prevent it. Checking in on our older family members, listening to their needs, and advocating for their rights are simple yet powerful ways to show our appreciation.
On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, let us stand together to protect our elders, celebrate their lives, and uphold the values of family, tradition, and respect. Together, we can build a world where every elder is cherished and valued.
Each of us can take action to protect the elderly. Watching for warning signs, identifying vulnerable community members and other steps can make a difference:
->2024 Theme: Spotlight on Older Persons in Emergencies<-
2024 UN Civil Society Conference
“Civil society organizations were present in San Francisco at the founding of the United Nations and have been an integral part of the United Nations ecosystem from the outset. As part of our consultations, civil society has called for better engagement with the United Nations system. I believe that it is essential for the United Nations to listen to, coordinate with, and engage with civil society.”
Our Common Agenda. Chapter V. Paragraph 121
2024 UNCSC PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK
2024 UNCSC PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Participation in the United Nations Civil Society Conference is open to representatives of civil society organizations associated with the Department of Global Communications and/or in consultative status with ECOSOC. Civil society organizations not included in these groups that are legally registered with the national/federal government of a Member or Observer State of the United Nations are also welcome to register for the conference.
Conference Planning Co-Chairs:
Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach in the United Nations Department of Global Communications
“The Department of Global Communications is very proud to be part of the planning and organizing of the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, the 69th since the Department’s creation and one that is receiving immense interest from civil society and other stakeholders, including from government representatives. This is the first of our civil society conferences to be held Africa and we are very grateful to the Government and civil society organizations in Kenya who have welcomed us with open arms and to our colleagues at the UN Office in Nairobi who will be hosting us in their beautiful campus sandwiched between Gigiri district and Karura Forest. As Co-Chair of the Planning Committee, my focus, and that of my colleagues in the Department, is to ensure the success of the Conference under the able leadership of Co-Chairs Carole Ageng’o and Nudhara Yusuf who are supported by a diverse and impressive civil society representatives from all around the world. The Conference comes at a critical point in the preparations for the Summit of the Future, a Summit that is billed as a major step towards a more inclusive and networked multilateralism providing multilateral solutions for a better tomorrow.”
Carole Ageng’o, Global Initiatives Lead & Africa Regional Representative at HelpAge International
“That civil society engagement remains a critical cog in the wheel of development, is well established. Greater collaboration between civil society organizations, governments and private sector can therefore not be more urgent at this time as we gear up for the Summit of the Future. I look forward to a fruitful and effective partnership with my Co-Chair Nudhara Yusuf in putting together, and delivering (producing) a successful UNSSC to fully anchor civil society participation in the subsequent processes leading up to and including the Summit of the Future. Indeed, civil society participation will contribute greatly towards meeting the aspiration of “an international system – that is better prepared to manage the challenges we face now and, in the future, for the sake of all humanity and for future generations.”
Nudhara Yusuf, GGIN Executive Coordinator at Stimson Center
“The Summit of the Future, above all, is a call to rethink the way things have always been done. I believe, along with my Co-Chair Carole, and many other civil society leaders, that Nairobi could and should be a moment for civil society to show, not just call for, process innovation; how civil society engages with intergovernmental processes. Come May 2024, we should have a clearer picture of what a Pact for the Future is likely to constitute, while the Nairobi moment would look to meaningfully feed civil society perspectives into the process, we hope it will also be a place to start the critical multistakeholder conversation about how to land the Pact for the Future. We hope we can capitalize on the multistakeholder and intergenerational convening to build ImPACT Coalitions of Member States, civil society, and UN and other entities, who will help take forth key issue areas and reforms. We hope the Nairobi moment will be a civil society hosted space to move the international community from language to an action oriented networked and inclusive multilateralism.”
Meet the Planning Sub-Committees Co-Chairs
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