Older Persons, Disabilities and Social Protection in African contexts 

GOLTC Care and Social Protection in Southern Africa Interest Group webinar  

Date: 07 November

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities sets out the rights to independent living and community participation and state’s obligations to ensure such. The CRPD, takes a disabling environment approach to disability. In this webinar, we examined the effectiveness of the social protection programmes for older persons living with a disability in South Africa and Kenya. The webinar presented latest research in this area as well as highlighting the challenges in rolling out social protection programmes for older persons living with a disability.

The webinar covered:  

• Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK).
• Introduction to the Care and Social Protection in Southern Africa Interest Group (Elena Moore, University of Cape Town)
• Presentation: Disabilities and Older Persons in National Development Planning (Commissioner Ms. Mollo, National Planning Commission (NPC) South Africa

Presentation  M Mollo NPC presentation

• Presentation: The Grant in Aid in South Africa: Support for older persons in need of care (Elena Moore, Family Caregiving Programme, UCT)

Presentation  GIA presentation (FCP) GOLTC 07 Nov 2025

• Presentation: Disabilities, Older Persons, Social Protection in Kenya (Dr. Kamau, University of Nairobi)
• Discussion