On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) designated 1 October the International Day of Older Persons (#UNIDOP). On UNIDOP, stakeholders around the world come together to highlight the important
contributions that older people make to society and raise awareness of the joys and challenges of ageing in today’s world.
Over the next decade, the number of older persons worldwide is projected to increase to
1.4 billion persons. All regions will see an increase in the size of the older population between 2019 and 2050, but this change will be the greatest and most rapid in low- and middle-income countries. UNIDOP is an important opportunity
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The United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) 2022 theme is 'Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World'.
Societies across the globe are facing major crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change,
and situations of conflict. In the face of such challenging contexts, older people have and continue to demonstrate resilience including by actively supporting their loved ones and local communities. However, these crises also
show us that systemic changes across all sectors of society are still required to transform the world to be a better place to grow older, particularly for women who bear the burden of cumulative disadvantage over the life course.
This year’s UNIDOP is an opportunity to both celebrate the contributions of older women and men to sustainable development, and highlight the barriers they still face in being heard and included in society.
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