The United Nations International Day of Older Persons - 2021

 On Thursday 30th September 2021, the Centre for Ageing Studies held a Press Conference at the Centre’s Conference Room to commemorate the UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS, which is celebrated on 1st October every year. In attendance were the Director of the Centre, Professor Mavis Dako-Gyeke, and two members of the Centre’s Management Committee: Dr Akosua Agyemang (Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Centre for Ageing Studies) and Reverend Dr Samuel Ayete-Nyampong (Pastoral Gerontologist and Lecturer, Trinity Theological Seminary).

The media houses that attended the Press Conference included Atinka TV/Radio, Adom TV, GTV, Ghana News Agency, Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times. Joy News and Metro TV.

The theme for this year’s United Nations International Day of Older Persons was DIGITAL EQUITY FOR ALL AGES.  The Press Release covered issues ranging from Ageism and Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Access and Literacy, Cybersecurity and Ethics and lastly, Accountability. It was emphasized that these issues were critical to the wellbeing of older people, hence, there was the need for mandated institutions to put in place appropriate measures to enhance the capacities of older people to thrive in this era of digitalization.

As a closing remark, the Director of the Centre appealed to the Ghana Government and the Parliament of Ghana to pay urgent attention to the Aged Persons’ Bill and expedite its passage into law. She also encouraged the youth in our society to give kind consideration to older persons in all their activities and offer them the requisite support to thrive in this era of digitalization.