The Commonwealth is home to 2.5 billion people, and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. 32 of the members are small states, including many island nations. According to the data platform Knoema, approximately over 2.38 million people aged 60+...
We were recently invited to the Jamaican High Commission in London, where our Chair, Andrew Larpent was honoured to meet with Senator, the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Foreign Minister of Jamaica. They chatted at length, and she expressed great interest in our...
The #CelebrateAgedCare campaign needs you! Across the globe, people working to support older adults are sharing their passion helping make a difference to other people’s lives through this exciting initiative, and we’re asking the aged care workforce across the...
Consisting of leaders from across the Commonwealth, our volunteer Board members bring with them an amazing and invaluable wealth of knowledge and experience. Here our Board member Femada Shamam, CEO of The Association For The Ageing (Tafta), Durban, South Africa,...
CommonAge is delighted the CEO of the Malawi Network of Older Persons’ Organizations (MANEPO), Andrew Kavala has accepted the invitation to join the CommonAge Board. Established in 2010, MANEPO is a consortium of over 60 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs); its aim is...
International Women’s day (IWD), 8 March, is the global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. IWD has been celebrated for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. To...
