GINA

GINA was launched on 1 October 1996 as an initiative of the Ageing and Life Course Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Swiss Research Programme on Ageing (FNRS) and the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP). GINA is a flexible, informal and interdisciplinary framework for organizations and their representatives interested in the many different aspects of ageing... GINA aims to promote physically, mentally and socially active and healthy ageing throughout the life course. GINA also endeavours to focus attention on issues relating to longevity and health, social security issues, human rights, quality of life, and dignity of older persons around the world... GINA also worked actively since 1999 with the UN NGO Committee on Ageing to bring older persons human rights to the attention of the Human Rights Council. Today it succeeded with two official statements to harness the international community to promote a Confention on Older Persons, and helped in the..

Also known as: Geneva International Network on Ageing