At the invitation of the organization Gray Panthers, on September 22, 2021, expert associates of the Red Cross of Serbia Natasa Todorovic and Dr Milutin Vracevic participated in a meeting called Age and Youth - Together for a Change; Dignity and Rights in the time of Covid. The event was part of the Assembly that was organized on September 21 and 23, 2021. As part of the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP). The Gray Panthers organized this meeting, and it focused on older persons.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us many weaknesses of socio-economic systems and public policies. It has had a serious impact on the progress that has been made in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger for all age groups, underlining the lack of adequate health care for all and only further highlighting the problems that older persons face.

The conclusion of the representatives of the Red Cross of Serbia was that we must always ensure that older persons speak on behalf of their generation, acting as the voice of the older population, and ensure that younger persons are always present and understand that the human rights of older persons today are their human rights tomorrow.

Moderator: Jack Kuperfman, President Gray Panthers
Speakers:
● Craig Mokhiber: Director NY office, OHCHR;
● Nataša Todorović, Red Cross Serbia
● Milutin Vračević, Red Cross Serbia
● Krishna Gautam, Ageing Nepal
● Vijay Naraidoo, Droits Humains Ocean Indien, Mauritius
● Chloe Sisselman, Youth Representative