Is Asia-Pacific’s population rapidly ageing—can its care systems keep up? examines how the region can ensure dignity and adequate care for its growing older population, with particular attention to older women. Appearing in Issue 5 of Agency & Dignity, a publication of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the article highlights how gendered life-course inequalities leave many older women facing poor health, limited financial resources, and care gaps in later life. Through regional evidence and case illustrations, it underscores women’s disproportionate caregiving burdens and the fragility of family-based care systems amid demographic change. The publication calls for inclusive, gender-responsive policies, stronger long-term care systems, and shared responsibility across families, communities, and governments to enable older people to age with dignity.