"It will be great to continue working to challenge
ageism and it is important that we highlight the positive relationships between younger and older people as opposed to pitting them against each other."
Widely considered the most socially acceptable prejudice still in existence,
ageism is discrimination based on a person's age.
She said of
ageism: "I think it's getting a lot better.
The BBC denied
ageism was a factor in the line-up change.
Age Cymru is Wales' largest and leading charity for older people and we're proud to stand alongside the United Nations on 1 October to help stamp out
ageism.
Ageism also prevents older people having the same respect, rights and access to services - such as the NHS and financial services - as the rest of the population.
the need for measures to address this violation of human rights as well as calling for greater legal guarantees of equality for older persons to prevent
ageism from resulting in discriminatory policies, laws and treatment.
Women get caught in
ageism in a particularly ugly way.
Critique: Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against
Ageism" by Ashton Applewhite is on of those life-affecting, life-changing, life-enhancing, life-transforming reads that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself is finished and set back upon the shelf.
The former Countryfile presenter achieved legal history when she won an employment tribunal on the grounds of
ageism after being replaced by a younger host.
The former Midlands Today journalist will campaign to become Labour's parliamentary candidate fresh from winnning a landmark
ageism case against the BBC.