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September 03, 2021

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AFGHANISTAN AND HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT

Image credit: Flickr/Barbara Millucci   On 15th August, Afghanistan’s capital city – Kabul – was captured by the Taliban after a nine-day sweeping offensive across the country. The escalation of…

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August 12, 2021

FIVE ACTIVISTS TO FOLLOW ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

2021 has been a year of recovery and trial but in the midst of difficult global challenges. During this pandemic and throughout lockdowns around the world, young people have continued…

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June 25, 2021

WHY WE NEED TO #ACTFOREQUAL

Despite some progress, no country has achieved gender equality and women’s rights are still undermined around the world. The pandemic has threatened existing progress and with less than a decade…

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June 10, 2021

FASHION AVENGERS

Fashion Avengers is a collection of leading fashion industry forces coming together to inspire and accelerate progress towards the United Nations’ Global Goals. Our aim is to raise awareness of…

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May 27, 2021

FOREST FOR CHANGE – THE GLOBAL GOALS PAVILION

Forest For Change – The Global Goals Pavilion. Render courtesy Es Devlin studio Es Devlin and Richard Curtis bring Forest for Change to Somerset House in support of UN Global…

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April 06, 2021

SPORT HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD

On the International Day for Sport for Development and Peace, Laureus Sport for Good Chief Executive, Adam Fraser, writes about the important role sports can play to achieve the Global…

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March 14, 2021

THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS

This is the first in a series about the role of business in achieving the SDGs. The Sustainable Development Goals celebrated their fifth anniversary last September during a year that…

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March 08, 2021

LAUNCHED: THE GOOGLE.ORG IMPACT CHALLENGE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

We are excited to announce the launch of the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls – an open call to support organisations across the world who are empowering women and girls…

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March 06, 2021

THREE ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Did you know that no country in the world has achieved gender equality? Yep, you read that correctly! That’s why it’s important that you join us in celebrating one of…

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February 06, 2021

FIVE WAYS TO HELP END FGM/C

Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) is defined as the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Over 200 million girls…

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January 24, 2021

WHY WE’RE ADVOCATING FOR CLIMATE EDUCATION

COVID-19 has put a spotlight on education like never before. With over a billion students facing some kind of disruption to their learning, the virus has exposed the depths of…

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December 18, 2020

CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF BUSINESS AVENGERS THROUGH CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION

The Global Goals Business Avengers are coming to the end of their first year together! To celebrate the end of Year 1 and the start of Year 2 we decided…

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December 15, 2020

YOUTH POWER HACKS

Today, applications open for the Youth Power Hacks: six online hackathons held in six countries over three months, bringing together hundreds of young people to hack solutions to help get…

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November 18, 2020

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM

Today marks the start of the UN’s 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. During this period, we want to put a spotlight on activists and organisations around the world who are…

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October 26, 2020

WIKI LOVES SDGS: A COMMUNITY OF GLOBAL GOALS FACTIVISTS

It goes without saying that 2020 has halted our plans. From key events such as the World Oceans Summit, Generation Equality as well as the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)…

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September 25, 2020

WHY WE SHOULD ALL BE FACTIVISTS

Written by Claire Melamed, CEO of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Jessica Espey, Director SDSN TReNDS, and Alice Macdonald, Campaigns Director at Project Everyone. Back in 2013 –…

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September 07, 2020

THE PANDEMIC IS A PORTAL

The COVID-19 crisis can and must be a turning point in history. The pandemic has highlighted systemic failings, fragilities and inequalities that define today’s world. But, it has also offered…

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September 14, 2020

UN CALLS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION IN SPECIAL 2020 BROADCAST

A new 30-minute film – Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times – sets out the action needed to build a better world, as COVID-19 threatens decade of global progress….

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August 18, 2020

GLOBAL GOALS WEEK

Global Goals Week 2020: Partners Unite in Call to Recover Better Ahead of Sustainable Development Goals’ 5th Anniversary Global Goals Week (18-26 September, plus an expanded calendar throughout September and…

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July 24, 2020

A VIRTUAL AND INCLUSIVE HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM

Rosario Diaz Garavito is a member of the Youth Power Panel (YPP) and the founder and Chief Executive Director of The Millennials Movement. Bethel is the Campaigns Officer at Project…

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July 16, 2020

A LETTER TO G20 FINANCE MINISTERS

Dear Allies, This rather technical letter has been put together by Jamie Drummond and some eminent economists and just sent to the world’s leading finance ministers. It outlines what should be agreed…

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June 30, 2020

ACTIVISM ACTUALLY…IS ALL AROUND

This year Cannes Lions Festival of creativity moved entirely online, becoming LIONS LIVE. LIONS LIVE was aimed at anyone in the global creative community who believes in creative possibility and…

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June 26, 2020

WORLD’S LARGEST LESSON LIVE

Millie Bobby Brown and Sofia Carson joined United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed and Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore, in the World’s Largest Lesson Live, to encourage teens to…

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June 20, 2020

MR. BEAN’S ESSENTIAL COVID-19 CHECKLIST

Mr Bean is following the World Health Organisation’s advice on how to stay safe from #COVID19. This is how you can #BeSafe too With cases of COVID-19 continuing to rise globally, “Mr Bean’s…

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June 09, 2020

LEADERS CALL ON PRIME MINISTER TO CREATE SOCIALLY JUST AND GREEN RECOVERY FROM COVID-19

Richard Curtis CBE, Paul Polman, Michael Izza and leaders of more than 100 renowned companies, charities, universities, and trade associations call on the UK Government to ensure the Sustainable Development…

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June 05, 2020

SDG ADVOCATES BACK GAVI REPLENISHMENT AS IT BEATS ITS TARGET AND RAISES BILLIONS

Global Goal 3 is a promise to achieve good health and wellbeing for all. To achieve that, we must invest in vaccinations for everyone to protect the world’s population against…

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May 22, 2020

INCREASED SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY AS PEOPLE UNITE AROUND THE WORLD FOR A DAY OF ACTION

New UN research shows a surge in support for strengthened solidarity across the world. The research is published as hundreds of civil society and community organisations come together for a…

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May 12, 2020

THE VACCINE AGAINST COVID-RISK

Open Budgets, Open Response, Open Recovery. There’s a damaging rumor doing the rounds in Kibera, Nairobi’s massive informal settlement: that COVID-19 is a fabrication invented by the country’s elite to…

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May 04, 2020

SIX WORLD LEADERS PUT THE SDGS AT THE HEART OF THE RECOVERY

The Council of the European Union have released a global response on working together to make the world get better. “This is a defining moment for the global community. By…

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May 01, 2020

5 REASONS WHY THE GLOBAL GOALS ARE THE BEST PLAN TO BUILD BACK BETTER

Alice Macdonald is the Director of Policy and Campaigns at Project Everyone, the organisation behind the Global Goals campaign. She has spent the past 15 years working across politics and…

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April 06, 2020

STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SDG ADVOCATES AND SDG ADVOCATE ALUMNI ON COVID-19

The Secretary-General’s SDG Advocates and SDG Advocate Alumni today jointly released the following statement regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. We, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocates and…

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January 30, 2020

HISTORIC ALLIANCE OF 2,020 CAMPAIGNERS UNITE TO ISSUE AN OPEN LETTER DEMANDING WORLD LEADERS TACKLE THE EMERGENCY FACING PEOPLE AND PLANET

Signatories include world-leading activists and campaigners from Dr. Jane Goodall DBE and Malala Yousafzai, to leaders and organisers of movements including Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter; Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, Bring…

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January 23, 2020

YOUNG ACTIVISTS LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP FOR URGENT ACTION ON THE GLOBAL GOALS

Today, leading young activists under the age of 30, from twelve countries have formed the Youth Power Panel, launching a global initiative to accelerate youth action for the Global Goals…

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September 27, 2019

THE GLOBAL GOALS ARE IN BUSINESS: 17 GLOBAL GIANTS JOIN FORCES TO DELIVER THE SDGS

Cementing 2020 as the emergency year of action, 17 global giants representing over $500 billion in revenue and 900,000 employees are joining forces under a new coalition called the “Business…

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September 25, 2019

A NEW MOBILIZATION BEGINS TO ACCELERATE ACTION FOR PEOPLE AND FOR PLANET

Unprecedented effort seeks to bring together global leaders and activists to make 2020 a super year of activism to kickstart a decade of delivery on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

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