Unequal Ageing | Taking Intersectionality Seriously
Ageing affects everyone differently. Learn how ethnicity and inequality shape later life, and what can change to make ageing fairer for all.
Not everyone experiences ageing the same way. Social characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background, as well as structural barriers, shape the opportunities and wellbeing of older people. With England’s ageing population growing - especially among racially minoritised groups—it’s crucial to understand these inequalities and take action.
The Ethnicity and Unequal Ageing Project animation explores how ageing intersects with ethnicity and other social dimensions to influence later life experiences of social inclusion and exclusion. The project is led by the Universities of Sheffield, Birmingham, and Liverpool, in collaboration with community organisations, The Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association (SADACCA) and Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance (REMA) and the Office for National Statistics.
Join us as we explore what changes are needed to create a fairer future for racially minoritised older people. To learn more about the project, please visit https://www.ethnicityandunequalageing.ac.uk/.
This animation was also produced in Urdu, Arabic and Czech.
Click the buttons below to listen in these languages.
Credits
- Principal Investigator: Professor Majella Kilkey (Professor of Social Policy at the University of Sheffield)
- Co-Investigator: Azizzum Akhtar (Chief Executive Officer of the Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance)
- Co-Investigator: Professor Matthew Bennett (Professor of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham)
- Co-Investigator: Dr Joanne Britton (Senior Lecturer in Applied Sociology at the University of Sheffield)
- Co-Investigator: Professor Mark Green (Professor of Health Geography at the University of Liverpool)
- Co-Investigator: Dr Daniel Holman (Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Public Health at the University of Sheffield)
- Co-Investigator: Dr Lois Orton (Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield)
- Co-Investigator: Dr Aneta Piekut (Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield)
- Co-Investigator: Olivier Tsemo (Chief Executive Officer of The Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association)
- Co-Investigator: Professor Alan Walker (Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at the University of Sheffield and Co-Director of the Healthy Lifespan Institute)
- Co-Investigator: Jesse Ransley
- Research Associate: Dr Helena Mendes Constante (Research Associate at the University of Sheffield)
- Research Associate: Dr Rashida Bibi (Research Associate at the University of Sheffield)
- Community Researcher: Anmol K Ahmed
- Community Researcher: Yasmeen Ali
- Community Researcher: Saraya Begum
- Community Researcher: Olga Fuseini
- Community Researcher: Lucka Ginova
- Community Researcher: Dr Hawa Yatera
- Community Researcher: Muetesim Abdel
- Animation: Nifty Fox
- English and Urdu Voiceovers: Voice Forum Members
- Arabic and Czech Voiceovers: Community Researchers