Charlize Theron Speaks At United Nations Discussion On AIDS

Speaking at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the leaders of Kenya and Malawi co-hosted this week with the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) a high-level panel...

How Thought Leaders Are Working To Achieve ‘Global Goals’

This Friday, 193 world leaders will commit to a set of Global Goals designed to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and fix climate change in the next 15 y...

Health And The UN

September 8 marked 15 years to the day since the United Nations adopted the millennium development goals (MDGs). Soon the world will adopt a new regime in global milestones...

Harnessing The Data Revolution For Sustainable Development

On September 27, 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed to a set of Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) that define a common agenda to achieve inclus...

Kenya's Unique Approach To Rape Prevention Should Have The Rest Of The World Taking Note.

In 2010, the group No Means No Worldwide began offering self-defense classes to Nairobi schoolgirls, teaching them how to fight back against rape.

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Workers Of The World, Employed

More than 60 percent of the world’s gross domestic product comes from global TRADE. This is double what it was in the 1980s. Most economists agree that the astonishin...

The Amount Of Space Junk Around Earth Has Hit A ‘Critical Density’ — And It Could Jeopardize Our Space Missions

“We’re at what we call a ‘critical density’ — where there are enough large objects in space that they will collide with one another and create...

Reproductive Freedom For The World's Poorest Women

At the heart of maternal health and child survival is a healthy woman. Protecting every woman’s right to access family planning and reproductive-health services is cr...

India Can Be More Influential & Successful Than It Is Today, Says Rajan

India can be far more successful and far more influential than it is today, according to Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Rajan said this while delive...