Today, the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, is the perfect time to echo Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) – a champion of a strong U.S.-UN relationship for over 25 years – in saying: “Thank you to the all the peacekeepers – those who have gone and stood in our stead, trying to keep peace around the world.” If you missed the rest of his Capitol Hill speech last week, don’t worry – we caught the whole […]
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Half way around the world at the 2013 Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, government leaders, NGO representatives, corporate leaders and other health-focused groups have come together to use their collective voice to call for action to improve the health and well-being of girls and women. At the conference Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women, summed it up best when she said, “It is time to move sexual and reproductive health, women’s rights
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By Morra Aarons-Mele, founder of Women Online, a consulting firm for companies, not for profits and political campaigns seeking to mobilize women online. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The hidden subtext of the Women Deliver 2013 Conference in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, the largest global health event of the decade, is all about breaking taboos: Taboos about women and power, about sex, about relationships between men and women, and about the role of global institutions in quite
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“We believe adolescent girls are the most powerful catalysts for change on the planet,” wrote UN Foundation President & CEO Kathy Calvin and Nike Foundation President & CEO Maria Eitel in a piece that appeared on the Guardian website this week. The op-ed highlights the urgent need to promote the rights and well-being of girls everywhere and to make sure girls are a top priority in the global agenda. This is what girls deserve; it’s
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What kind of world do we want to live in? It’s a question that matters to all of us, and a question at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda that will guide global development efforts after 2015. Yesterday, a panel of 27 world leaders submitted to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a report with recommendations for this agenda. As John Podesta, a U.S. member of the panel has said, the report is the “first chapter
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From the halls of the White House to the pages of The Economist, global development issues like ending poverty and protecting the environment have become major topics of conversation following the release of a report last week by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Yesterday, I joined Obama Administration officials, federal agency employees, and civil society leaders at the White House for a discussion on the report and the broader
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Today marks the 40th time that the world has come together to raise awareness of critically important issues on World Environment Day. This year’s theme, Think Eat Save:Reduce Your Foodprint, zeroes in on an issue that all people, from all walks of life, from all the countries in the world, can relate to and understand. According to a new paper launched today by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and UNEP in celebration of World Environment
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The annual G8 Summit brings together a small group of world leaders to discuss the important issues of our time. This year, you have a chance to join the conversation. On Monday, June 10th, one week before the G8 Summit, you are invited to join “G-Everyone,” a day of dialogue that encourages everyone to share their ideas on how technology, innovation and entrepreneurship can address global challenges. G-Everyone will expand the conversation of the G8
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“I want to serve the people. And I want every girl, every child, to be educated.” These are the powerful words of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teenage girl who was shot by the Taliban last year when returning home from school. When it comes to addressing the needs and rights of adolescent girls worldwide, there is no better advocate than girls themselves. This week, approximately 100 American girls have gathered in Washington, D.C. for the
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