Ageing and Longevity

Why improving women's lives is the key to healthy ageing

An elderly woman plays cards in a village in Taiwan.

'Longevity dividend' ... better policies, more funding could make older women less vulnerable to poverty. Image: Reuters/Pichi Chuang

Bjorn Andersson
Asia-Pacific Regional Director, United Nations Population Fund
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