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A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
The world's population is maturing at an unprecedented rate. While developed countries like Japan have long had aging populations, today the aging phenomenon is happening much faster in developing countries -- and few have social protection schemes.
The United Nations (UN) is calling for governments to take action to face this new demographic reality. It recommends policy changes to address caring for the aged as well as policies to support older people to remain active as contributing...
There have been many revolutions over the last century, but perhaps none as significant as the longevity revolution. We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did. That's an entire second adult lifespan that's been added to our lifetime. And yet for the most part, our culture has not come to terms with what this means, says actor and activist, Jane Fonda.
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch: You are born, you peak at midlife and decline...
