
Nena Georgantzi
@nenageorgantzi
Advocate for #equalrights in older age, lifelong learner & vagabond. Human Rights Manager @AGE_PlatformEU and Adjunct Lecturer @nuigalway. Opinions my own.
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📣On 8th – 14th April 2024 AGE joins the global #AgeWithRights campaign by Global Alliance. Let’s seize this opportunity to call on EU governments for action to equally protect our human rights in old age. ✍️Sign the global petition: bit.ly/Petition_UNCon… #EULeadsTheRally


⏰It’s time to end discrimination in old age. ‼️It’s time to guarantee equal rights at all ages. Help us make history and join the #AgeWithRights campaign by Global Alliance! ✍️Sign the global petition: bit.ly/Petition_UNCon… #EULeadsTheRally


We've gathered testimonies from our Members on barriers to equally enjoying their rights. Follow #AgeWithRights & #EULeadsTheRally and support the global call for a UN convention by the Global Alliance. It's time to leave no one behind. Teresa from Portugal shares her experience 👇


‼️It’s time to #AgeWithRights and to guarantee accessibility at all ages! Check out the testimony from Gaetan Naudi, Malta, from AGE Member National Association of Pensioners 👇 👉Sign the global petition: bit.ly/Petition_UNCon… Global Alliance #EULeadsTheRally


⏰It’s time to make older women visible. It’s time to #AgeWithRights! Check out the testimony from Laura Christ and Christine Nanlohy from Oudere Vrouwen Netwerk. 👉Sign the petition & call on your government to support a new UN convention: bit.ly/Petition_UNCon… Global Alliance






🗣️ "A convention would help eliminate age-related accessibility barriers and ensure equal rights to adequate housing and to mobility" reminds AGE Member John Kirstein Ældre Sagen #OEWG14 on #AgeWithRights #EULeadsTheRally Global Alliance



I don't want to be silenced when I am older. I want to #AgewithRights. Time to end #ageism. Congrats Amnesty International for this much needed campaign. #AgeLoud #AgeingEqual

New: euronews reports on #DisabilityRights advocatesconcerns with proposed EU law on "protection of adults". Marine Uldry (she/her): "“We need to change how we view protection. It’s not about the 'protection of people' but the protection of their rights,”" Read: euronews.com/my-europe/2024…


🗞️Our September bulletin is out! In this issue: 📌Our members address #SolidarityBetweenGenerations 📌Guest articles by @iriskimiz European Students' Union (ESU), Dr Heidrun Mollenkopf AGE Platform Europe & Heather Roy Social Platform 📌Interview on new EESC study #SkillsPoverty Read👉europa.eu/!whTrQ3


📣We're one of 50 NGOs calling on European Commission to prioritise #Equality. The EU must step up - not scale down - for a ‘Union of Equality’ and reinstate a standalone Commissioner on Equality! 📖 Read our open letter and spread the message: bit.ly/3XDyV8R

So honored to have been part of the first international congress on older LGBTI+ hosted by AGE Platform Europe member Fundación 26 de Diciembre. I learned so much and left inspired to do more for equality at the intersection of LGBTI+ and age.

Un placer poder hablar sobre políticas de envejecimiento con Claudia Mahler Claudia Mahler - UN Independent Expert, experta independiente de la ONU sobre los derechos de las personas mayores


It was a pleasure to talk about the interaction of ageism, ableism and legal capacity. Thank you for the valuable exchange on this important matter! Katrin Langensiepen MEP/GreensEFA AGE Platform Europe Europaparlament European Parliament


On #HumanRightsDay listen to the Age With Rights and Dignity Podcast series about how to strengthen Global Alliance call for a UN convention so that we can #AgeWithRights. wisdomatworkpodcast.com/nena-georgantz…
