God Knows all. Am I Old?.

God Knows all. Am I Old?.

All human beings are all born free and equal in dignity and rights" - Article 1, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Seventy years on and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains as important as ever. Article 1 is still as inspiring and progressive now as it was in 1948.

But as groundbreaking as the UDHR was, it did fail to recognise ageism and prohibit the age discrimination we are subjected to in older age. As a result, older people's human rights are invisible in international human rights law, in national law, in policies and in our day-to-day lives.

Only one of the nine international human rights treaties that have followed the UDHR explicitly prohibits age discrimination. A mere 177, or 0.3%, of the 57,686 recommendations made to date in the Universal Periodic Review process at the Human Rights Council have been on older people's rights.

Age discrimination is still not prohibited in many national constitutions and not covered in anti-discrimination laws.Other laws, policies and practices continue to limit older people's autonomy, increase their dependency on others and deprive them of their dignity.

We see this in pension policies that are not universal or guaranteed in law, and where the value of the pension is so low older people continue to be financially dependent on others. We see it in mandatory retirement ages that exclude older people from the workforce. We see it in upper age limits that deny older people access to health services, financial goods and services. And older people rarely have choice or control over the care and support they may need to live independently. It is often unavailable, unaffordable and not guaranteed in law.

Seventy years on from the UDHR, older people say they are stereotyped as unable to make their own decisions, incompetent and a burden.

As an older woman from Nigeria said, "A retired teacher like me, I was rejected in more than five private schools because they said I am too old to be of any use."

Or take the experience of an older man from Uganda: "I am considered a spent force with nothing left to contribute to society, that I have had my turn and should give way to the youth."

We live in a deeply ageist world where stigmatising and dehumanising prejudices and stereotypes about older people and older age are barely recognised for what they are. They are ignored, tolerated or even condoned, and have very harmful consequences in people's lives.

Would we still be sending ageist birthday cards like these, and finding them funny, if the UDHR had recognised age discrimination?.

Carefully, those terrorist Islamist, that use to start to support Christians Arabians for bring prostitutes to the politics members. Finally to do all, forbidden and not to get marry being Muslim. With the excuses of the promotion of St MARYA. To use criminals, prissioners delicuents to revert to the " One" I am. To make " My sistem" bulshit and with the All same and all the quality. Finances the pentions to olders people. It′s an example, that they should take from the " Maria" Leyla" this European. More than to use Kuwaitis polices to put their brain in attack his own ruler and slander that the Sheikh likes Youngers.

It′s the most shamefully. Carefully, to use the Christians Arabs with his American Guys for their bad habits shares with those individuals few Muslim. To wash in the promotion of MARYA and LEYLA.

With this Canarien, take care theirself. In despite of that they bought the Spanish agents intelligents, that with Him, positivatly, they will finish in a very big problem with graves

Homicides, for that " Poisson" and too much crazy and Bitch,EU Commissioner and everybody at World knows what they have done from the Start until know, who they are each one. The problem now at States, it′s quite serious and shamefully at all the treat. Don′t do anything else. Because GOD is not going to accept anything as done to me, or impact social.

We are aware. Seriously. There is not Forgiveness. That′s my Word. Any payment more in revengances,rewards with his Spanish friend at Gran Canary & Madrid,Kuwait?.


Sheikha Maryam Desireé Alemán

CEO at End- Success Investment &Development. CIPD.Member.HRM.Business Development.

5 年

Always they attack to the Prince, Sheikh roles Monarchy as they like youngers and they have many same. It′s shamefully. Their own Polices and politicians that they are maintances at Goverment, exministers and workers security polices with those comments, to the Foreigners..after wash in Israel and Maria Leyla.?

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Sheikha Maryam Desireé Alemán

CEO at End- Success Investment &Development. CIPD.Member.HRM.Business Development.

5 年

Arabd up of 40 years old, they don′t marry,they don′t provide Job. Carefully with their mentality.

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