Georgina Veitch is Global Gender Policy Adviser at HelpAge International. She leads HelpAge’s gender and ageing advocacy and the process of mainstreaming gender equality across the organisation’s work. Georgina has worked in the women’s rights, development and humanitarian sectors for over 10 years for the most part in lower- and middle-income countries. She has also worked in the UK, managing specialist shelters for women escaping domestic violence and sexual exploitation. Georgina is a strong advocate for applying a life-course perspective and an intersectional approach to the gender agenda.