UN – United Nations

Next week, world leaders are gathering in New York for the start of the United Nations General Assembly. This is a chance to enhance international cooperation on shared development goals ranging from improving health and the environment to promoting gender equality to ending poverty. So what issues should be discussed to advance the development agenda?  What are the pressing challenges and the high-impact solutions? Skoll World Forum, partnering with the United Nations Foundation, Johnson & […]

Want to join next week’s conversation on global issues, but can’t make it to New York for the start of the United Nations General Assembly? Even if you can’t be there in person, you can be part of the dialogue at the Social Good Summit. From Sunday, September 22 to Tuesday, September 24, some of the world’s top leaders, including several UN officials, former Vice President Al Gore, Melinda Gates, and World Bank President Dr. Jim

Child and maternal mortality numbers both have dropped nearly 50 percent since 1990, but every day, more than 18,000 children under the age of 5 die from mostly preventable causes and nearly 800 women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. The good news is that we have the tools – the vaccines, supplies, knowledge, and methods – to stop most of these deaths.  The world’s challenge and responsibility is getting solutions to the

The Social Good Summit continues today with exciting speakers and thought-provoking sessions. A particular highlight is Malala Yousafzai, participating in a panel about leading girls forward past adversity. Malala’s story is inspiring; it’s one of resilience, hope, and determination. In 2012, Malala, then 15, was targeted for her outspoken opinions in support of girls’ rights in Pakistan. She was shot in the head and neck, gravely wounded, but that didn’t stop her. After a rehabilitation

Editor’s Note: this post is from Better World Campaign Director Jordie Hannum. Good news: Earlier today, Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nation’s International Arms Trade Treaty. This treaty will make the world a safer place, plain and simple. By establishing the first-ever global framework to regulate the international arms trade, it will help keep illegal weapons out of the hands of war criminals and human rights abusers. Plus, despite misinformation spread by