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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>From The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The New York commemoration of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons 2022 will highlight “<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Resilience and Contributions of
Older Women</span></strong>” in successfully navigating today’s myriad of global challenges.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The past three years have brought profound upheaval in the worlds’ health, socioeconomic, and environmental sectors, with pandemic and climate related impacts experienced globally. These effects
continue to be deeply significant, particularly for many older women who bear the burden of cumulative disadvantage. Recognition of the vital contributions of older women and inclusion of their voices, perspectives and needs is critical to creating policies
responsive to local, national, and global challenges and catastrophes.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UNIDOP 2022 is a call to action and opportunity, with globally representative older women, parliamentarians, and UN representatives offering multi-stakeholder dialogue on the resilience of living
through and responding to climate disaster, conflict, or pandemic, experiencing and managing the physical and emotional disruption to losses of family, income, and social connectedness. Panels will highlight relevant actions that include efforts toward inclusion
of older persons, protection of their human rights, and contributions to sustainable development. The necessity of ongoing data collection inclusive of older persons and disaggregated by gender and age will be incorporated throughout.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Objectives:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">➢</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> To highlight the resilience of older women in the face of environmental, social, economic and lifelong inequalities</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">➢</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> To raise awareness of the importance of improved world-wide data collection, disaggregated by age and gender</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">➢</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> To call on member states, UN entities, UN Women, and civil society to include older women in the center of all
policies, ensuring gender equality as described in the Secretary-General’s report, <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our Common Agenda</span></em></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When and Where?</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date:</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 3 October 2022</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time:</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 10:00am -12:00pm EDT</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><br>
</span><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Venue:</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> ECOSOC Chamber</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additional Information:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/08/UNIDOP-Mission-Statement.pdf">Mission Statement</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/09/32nd-UN-International-Day-of-Older-Persons-Save-the-Date.pdf">Official Save the Date</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/09/UNIDOP-FLYER-2022-With-Speakers-and-Reg-Link.pdf">Official Flyer with List of Speakers</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-international-day-of-older-persons-celebration-registration-411340148457"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register here</span></a> <em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:firebrick">*
Deadline 23 September 2022 *</span></b></em></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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