Ms. Sylvia Beales
Director of BealesGelber Consult (Stakeholder Group on Ageing)
Sylvia is a successful analyst, communicator, author and advocate, with a track record in high level policy analysis, public affairs and political relations on the topics of inclusive social development, global ageing, social policy, social protection, gender, inclusion, and human rights. Formerly Head of Strategic Alliances at HelpAge Sylvia was the international policy lead for the 2008 revision of the African Union Social Policy Framework, co-manager with the UNFPA of the global publication ‘Ageing in the 21st Century, a celebration and a challenge’, and developed the 2013-5 editions of the Global Age Watch Index. Sylvia is the founder of the Stakeholder Group on Ageing, which represents the community of ageing on SDGs at the United Nations. She was one of five civil society representatives selected to speak at the 2015 UN General Assembly. Recent commissions include ‘Ageing and the SDGS’ for the UNDP and ‘Gender and the SDGs’ as a background paper to UN Women's 2018 SDG report. Sylvia is Director of BealesGelber Consult, a distinguished ‘Fellow’ of the International Council of Social Welfare, advisor to Widows for Peace and Democracy, member of and Strategic Advisor to Gray Panthers, and Strategic Partnerships Adviser to the Africa Platform for Social Protection.