In the Netherlands’ “register once” system, new identity-related information is made available to all government systems that require the information. To ensure privacy and data protection, access to personal information...Read More
Culture must work alongside politics and economics to help us to recognize our values as shared values, our own goals as common goals, writes the Cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Source: World...Read More
And despite the magnitude of this figure, “it is well established that incidents of interpersonal violence are widely underreported”, according to the World Health Organization’s European Region office. Accounting for...Read More
Through the new funding, IDA will support job creation and economic transformation, good governance and accountable institutions, as well as tackling climate change, gender inequality, and fragility, conflict and violence....Read More
In 2001, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and in December 2002, the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 57/249, declared 21 May to...Read More
In episode 35 of the Disruptors for Good podcast, I speak with Noora Sharrab, the Co-founder and CEO of Sitti on creating a social impact brand inside of a Palestinian Refugee Camp. In...Read More
From extreme weather and devastating fires to iconic moments and historic meetings, this is the past 10 years in pictures. Source: World Economic Forum | Agenda | feedRead More
Why Global Citizens Should Care Child marriage is driven by poverty and includes consequences such as increased risk for cervical cancer, death during childbirth, and obstetric fistulas. Global Goal 5...Read More
World Population Day, which calls attention to the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), in 1989. It was...Read More
The UN General Assembly designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day, by its resolution 68/239. The Day is expected to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward...Read More
