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What: Launch of new World Health Organization/U.N. Population Fund report on “Women, Health and Ageing: A Framework for Action,” followed by a panel discussion with international experts on the health and well-being of ageing women in developed and developing countries worldwide
When: Monday, May 14, 2007, 9-11:30 am
Where: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Ave., at 103rd St.
Key Report Findings:
-The number of women age 60 and over will increase from about 336 million in 2000 to just over 1 billion in 2050. Women outnumber men in older age groups, with some 123 women for every 100 men aged 60 and over worldwide.
-Women are living longer, but huge disparities exist between groups of women and between women and men.
-Many older women around the world continue to face inequities (compared to men) related to health, security and participation, due to factors including cultural traditions and poverty.
- Some groups of women are especially vulnerable to poverty: older women who are widowed or divorced; women with disabilities; those who are looking after AIDS orphans, grandchildren and other family members; refugees and immigrants; and, women in visible minority and indigenous groups.
Panel Discussion: A panel of international experts who contributed to the report will discuss the findings and the frameworks for developing action plans to improve older women’s well-being.
Panelists are: Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla, PhD, Director of the Technical Support Division of the U.N. Population Fund; Irene Hoskins, President of the International Federation of Ageing; and, Denise Eldemire-Shearer, MD, PhD, Professor and Head Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies.
The event will be led by Academy President Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, and by Alexandre Kalache, MD, PhD, Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Ageing and Life Course Programme in Geneva, Switzerland. It is co-sponsored by the Academy and the WHO and is free and open to the public.
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Posted on May 11, 2007
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