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What Happens When We Act for the World: Stories of Progress in 2017

Photo: Georgina Goodwin for UN FoundationBehind the headlines of division and challenge are stories of progress that don’t often make the front pages. They are stories of people and groups refusing to...

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Rohingya refugee crisis one year on: latest updates and how you can help

Since 25 August last year, more than 720,000 Rohingya have fled violence in Myanmar for the Cox’s Bazar District in Bangladesh, making it the world’s largest and fastest growing refugee camp, and...

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A giant carrot to feed the world

The fight for Zero Hunger seen through the eyes of participants in the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Children Design Competition.Twenty artworks from 11 countries were selected by WFP staff as winners...

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Speaking gender: 10 communications principles to show you care about gender...

by Florin MarinIllustrations: Sera SezerRecent experiments have shown that speaking a foreign language can make people think and behave differently. But we don’t have to learn new languages to...

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UN Women: Cartoons Can Help

Work for global equalityRecently, I was interviewed by the United Nations initiative, UN Women. Their mission is as “the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and...

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UN Secretary-General warns of rise in anti-Semitism, other forms of hatred

“We have to condemn. We have to speak up.” — UN Secretary-General warns of rise in anti-Semitism, other forms of hatredI am here to express horror and solidarity — horror following the most abject act...

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Women’s rights are human rights

How the Sustainable Development Goals are building on the progress made by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Shaesta Waiz, a professional Afghan-American pilot, talked to schoolgirls in Kabul...

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STEM Role Models Posters — In 7 Additional Languages

Download our STEM Role Models posters for your school or workplace — now in 7 additional languagesThe STEM Role Models Posters are available in 8 different languages.At the end of Nevertheless Season...

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What a great article!

What a great article! Our kiddos have two feminist women raising them yet we still have to check ourselves sometimes. It’s a constant discipline and acknowledgment of our own stereotypes.

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The Hot Zone at Home

Artists raise awareness to an epidemic of violence during the pandemic.Continue reading on Medium »

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