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Before last October, I hadn’t even heard of Rigonce, Slovenia. For that matter, most of the world had never heard of Rigonce, a small town of 176 residents. But when 170,000 refugees arrived in just over 45 days, Rigonce became the latest front in the continuing refugee crisis. It was a nine-second video on Instagram, showing thousands of weary refugees walking in unison through Slovenian fields, that triggered me to act. Aside from simply being a part […]

What happens when you bring together leading advocates from around the world for a discussion on gender equality? A powerful conversation on what we need to do to empower girls and women everywhere. On Monday May 16, the United Nations Foundation and partners including Johnson & Johnson hosted “Women Deliver +SocialGood,” an event connected to the Women Deliver conference, to talk about solutions to secure the rights and well-being of girls and women. People from

Tuesday May 17, the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (or IDAHOT), marks an important moment for people worldwide to unite together for LGBTI equality. By helping change hearts and minds, IDAHOT represents a key opportunity to raise awareness, start conversations, and spur collective action to address the pernicious impacts of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, whether at home or abroad. The United Nations, under the leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched

On Monday, May 23 – the first day of the World Humanitarian Summit – the United Nations Foundation will host a discussion on how the international community can better meet today’s humanitarian challenges. We want you to join – because we all have a stake in the humanitarian crisis, and we can all do something to make a difference for the 125 million people around the world who need aid because of forces beyond their

Next week from May 23-28, more than 3,000 delegates from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 194 Member States and partner organizations will gather in Geneva, Switzerland to participate in the largest health policy meeting in the world: the 69th World Health Assembly. The resolutions, policy, and budget decisions made next week will shape how countries tackle issues that touch the lives of billions of people – issues like climate change and health, antimicrobial resistance, how

Editor’s Note: This post is part of the blog series, “Her Goals: Our Future,” which highlights the connections between girls and women and the Sustainable Development Goals. Guest blogger views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the UN Foundation.  I wish you all could meet Gloria. She is the reason why I get up and feel full of energy and hope in the mornings. Gloria lived in her small cottage in Maputo in

Right now the world is grappling with grave humanitarian crises – crises that demand deeper global attention and engagement. Next week, the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit will convene world leaders from across sectors to enhance the international response to humanitarian crises. A priority of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the World Humanitarian Summit is an important moment to reinvigorate solidarity and cooperation to prevent, prepare for, and respond to conflict and disaster. While there is a

When more than 125 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, it’s clear the international community must do more to end suffering and strengthen resilience. Behind this number are real people – mothers like Inas who fled Syria with her daughters and now relies on food aid to feed her family and couples like Ibrahim and Hauna who married in a refugee camp after being forced to leave their homes in Nigeria because of extremists. What

Last week, the crisis in Mali once again landed into front page news. Tragically, the headline remains the same: Terror groups target UN Peacekeepers. On Wednesday, May 18, a UN Peacekeeping convoy hit an improvised explosive device and later came under fire from armed assailants. This horrific attack killed five peacekeepers and injured three others from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Wednesday’s attack was unfortunately not an isolated incident. In fact,