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Ferdoushi Begum: “A UN Convention will be a pledge with the legal force to ensure the dignity and entity of all older people"
Manage episode 453732132 series 2290120
Welcome! This is ilana Landsberg-Lewis, your host for the Wisdom at Work podcast: Elderwomen, Older women and Grandmothers on the Move!
What follows is a special and exciting 10-part series... 'Age With Rights and Dignity' - 10 interviews in which we will hear from older and younger advocates from different corners of the world. These committed champions and advocates will share with us why they care about the rights of older persons, and what they are doing to help bring a new United Nations Convention on the rights of older persons into being - for you and me, no matter how old we are now!
Розділи
1. Ferdoushi Begum: “A UN Convention will be a pledge with the legal force to ensure the dignity and entity of all older people" (00:00:00)
2. Championing Human Rights for Older Persons (00:00:01)
3. Empowering Older Women Through Microcredit (00:13:43)
4. Advocating for Older People's Rights (00:23:25)
83 епізодів
Ferdoushi Begum: “A UN Convention will be a pledge with the legal force to ensure the dignity and entity of all older people"
WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers on the Move!
Manage episode 453732132 series 2290120
Welcome! This is ilana Landsberg-Lewis, your host for the Wisdom at Work podcast: Elderwomen, Older women and Grandmothers on the Move!
What follows is a special and exciting 10-part series... 'Age With Rights and Dignity' - 10 interviews in which we will hear from older and younger advocates from different corners of the world. These committed champions and advocates will share with us why they care about the rights of older persons, and what they are doing to help bring a new United Nations Convention on the rights of older persons into being - for you and me, no matter how old we are now!
Розділи
1. Ferdoushi Begum: “A UN Convention will be a pledge with the legal force to ensure the dignity and entity of all older people" (00:00:00)
2. Championing Human Rights for Older Persons (00:00:01)
3. Empowering Older Women Through Microcredit (00:13:43)
4. Advocating for Older People's Rights (00:23:25)
83 епізодів
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