Older women's rights: breaking myths and stereotypes

Our colleague and co-director of Matia Instituto, Elena del Barrio, will participate in this webinar organised by the Gregorio Peces-Barba Human Rights Institute in collaboration with the UC3M Equality Unit, the Access to Justice and Vulnerability project of the Ministry of Science and Innovation in its 2019 programme and HelpAge Spain.

Programme

10:00 Inauguration and Framework Conference. Isabel Martínez Lozano. HelpAge

10:30 a 11:00. Social participation: Breaking stereotypes.

• Elena del Barrio Truchado. Matia Foundation Gerontological Institute
• Loles Díaz Aledo. Fundación Grandes Amigos

11.00 to 11:30 Break

11:30 a 12:00. Panel 2. Violence and Abuse

• Jorge Gracia Ibañez. University of Porto
• Sacramento Pinazo Hernándis. Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.

12:00 a 12:30. Autonomy and Independence: older women do not only take care of the elderly

• Fabiola Meco Tébar. University of Valencia
• Pilar Rodríguez Rodríguez. Pilares Foundation

12:30 a 13:00. ROUNDTABLE 4. The right to health: the management of the pandemic as a paradigmatic example

• María Isolina Dabove. National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina (CONICET)
• Isabel Cabrera Lafuente. Autonomous University of Madrid and the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.

13:00 a 13:20. Conclusions. Irene Vicente Echevarría. Carlos III University of Madrid.

Closing session. Patricia Cuenca Gómez. Carlos III University of Madrid.

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