Women’s Rights are Human Rights are Elderly Rights
Repeat after me on an infinite loop.
Opportunities for smartphones manufacturers to support the elderly?
Who knew? :-)
A bonus episode with Claudia Mahler, UN Independent Rapporteur on the Rights of the Elderly, on the impact of social media platforms in developing countries.
Biases on employment in these platforms, and the very much arbitrary and unlawful ways that tech companies design their algorithms and discriminate older workers in the labour market, by just showing certain jobs to the 25 to 35 years old, for example.
We also spoke about the ways that the vulnerable elderly can access social services in developing countries when given adequate technologies, from smartphones that work to websites designed with the end-user in mind.
UN heads of agency were in Brussels.
Yesterday António Costa, President of the European Council, met Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, Gilbert Houngbo.
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas received Filippo Grandi, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Press conference opening remarks by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen following the Informal EU Leaders meeting on defense issues:
''Europe needs a surge in defence. And for that our defence industrial base must be strengthened. This means: First, our defence spending must increase up from the current average 1.9% of GDP. For so for many years, we have underinvested in defence. There is thus a great urgency to increase the defence spending with a big magnitude. For this, we first of all need more public funding. I am willing to explore and will use the full range of flexibilities we have in the new Stability and Growth Pact to allow for a significant increase in defence spending. Furthermore, the second leg would be that we are working with the EIB to increase the flexibility of lending practices. The EIB is willing to do that. They say, rightly so, that what they need is flagship projects on the table of the EIB. And, of course, we need more private funding.''
European Defense Agency and NATO
Speech by EU Council President Antonio Costa and Polish Prime Minister Tusk following the Informal EU leaders' retreat, calling for greater investments in the defense industry and Europe’s security.
European External Service Ambassadors’ Conference in Brussels
Remarks by Ursula von der Leyen
