Older Persons, Disabilities and Social Protection in African contexts

GOLTC Care and Social Protection in Southern Africa Interest Group webinar 

Date: 07 November

Time: 15.00- 16.30 SAST, 13.00 – 14:30 GMT (you can check your local time here.) 

Link: Register to join us on Zoom

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 examine the effectiveness of the social protection programmes for older persons living with a disability in South Africa and Kenya. The webinar will present 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 will cover:  

1. Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK). 
2. Introduction to the GOLTC Interest Group (Elena Moore, Care and Social Protection in Southern Africa Interest Group)
3. Presentation: Disabilities and Older Persons in National Development Planning (Commissioner Ms. Mollo, National Planning Commission (NPC) South Africa)
4. Presentation: The Grant in Aid in South Africa: Support for older persons in need of care (Elena Moore, Family Caregiving Programme, UCT)
5. Presentation: Disabilities, Older Persons, Social Protection in Kenya (Dr. Kamau, University of Nairobi)
6. Discussion