Introducing the IFA Post-Conference Education Webinar Series

In 2018 the IFA held its largest global conference to date, convening over 1200 delegates. However, there are many more people who wanted to participate and were unable. As such, it is with great excitement that the IFA announces a new Post-Conference Education Webinar Series featuring the most popular and emerging sub-themes within the framework of addressing inequalities, age-friendly environments, combating ageism and toward healthy ageing.

Throughout 2019 the IFA will host twelve webinars, divided into four learning programs representing the IFA2018/2020 Conference themes.

January – March 2019: Combating Ageism
April – June 2019: Toward Health Ageing
July – September 2019: Age-Friendly Environments
October – December 2019: Addressing Inequalities

Combating Ageism is the first theme that the webinar series will address. Discrimination against individuals based on their age has serious consequences on many aspects of an older person’s life, such as health, wellbeing, employment, housing and access to social and care systems.

Human Rights of Older Persons and Agenda 2030 is the first webinar in the series and will address key areas for implementation of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that ensures it fulfils its mandate for older persons.