International Day of Older Persons

Between 2017 and 2030, the number of persons aged 60 years or over is projected to grow by 46 per cent (from 962 million to 1.4 billion) globally outnumbering youth, as well as children under the age of 10. Moreover, this increase will be the greatest and most rapid in the developing world (A/RES/73/143). Population ageing is poised to become one of the most significant social transformations of the 21st century.

The International Day of Older Persons is an opportunity to highlight the important contributions that older people make to society and raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of ageing in today’s world.

https://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/ 

2019 Theme: "The Journey to Age Equality"

The 2019 theme aims to:

• Draw attention to the existence of old age inequalities and how this often results from a cumulation of disadvantages throughout life, and highlight intergenerational risk of increased old age inequalities.
• Bring awareness to the urgency of coping with existing — and preventing future — old age inequalities.
• Explore societal and structural changes in view of life course policies: life-long learning, proactive and adaptive labour policies, social protection and universal health coverage.
• Reflect on best practices, lessons and progress on the journey to ending older age inequalities and changing negative narratives and stereotypes involving "old age."   
  
  Here are some events being run to raise awareness for and celebrate older people:  
  https://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/events.shtml   
  Or you can run your own and log the Acts of Peace through this campaign!