الخطة الاستراتيجية الوطنية لقطاع كبار السن في فلسطين 2026-2021
Resource type: Strategies and action plans
Thematic areas: Availability of and access to health services, Inclusiveness and social cohesion, Social protection and family empowerment
Countries: State of Palestine
Document language: Arabic
SDGs:
Goal 1: No poverty Goal 3: Good health and well-being Goal 5: Gender equality Goal 10: Reduced inequality
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National Strategic Plan for Older People Sector in Palestine 2021 - 2026 (in Arabic only)

January 2021

According to the analysis of international trends towards older persons, the Arab and Islamic Strategies, the Strategy of the Social Protection Sector in Palestine and the National Policy Agenda, and the results of the field study with relevant institutions, this strategy focuses on the following areas:

  1. Updating the legislative, policy, and institutional framework for working with older persons.
  2. Strengthening the status of older persons and their living and social conditions. This includes protecting their rights from any kind of discrimination, exclusion, or violence, improving the systems and policies of social and monetary protection services, strengthening families that care for the elderly to ensure they are capable of protecting the elderly and ensure decent social and living conditions for them, and that they remain within their family environment.
  3. Promoting comprehensive health rights, policies and programmes for older persons.
  4. Promoting the participation of older persons in the economic, educational, cultural, and recreational fields: developing education policies and literacy programmes among older persons, improving the image of older persons in the media, and enhancing their participation in the areas of sustainable development by ensuring their involvement in public, cultural, and recreational life, as well as efforts to preserve the environment.
  5. Ensuring the fundamental rights of older persons in situations of security tensions and emergencies.