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UnWomen 2018 Champions of Change

March 22, 2018

The Metro NY chapter of UN Women introduced their Champions of Change campaign at the chapter’s 30th-anniversary celebration in October 2017. They have now selected their 2018 Champions of Change – people who have ...read more

UN Environment Assembly: Leadership Dialogues

December 8, 2017

The UN Environment Assembly, the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the overarching theme of pollution. A key feature of the ...read more

Women at the Forefront of Renewable Energy

June 19, 2017

Last week President Donald Trump announced to a dismayed world that the United States was “leaving” the Paris Agreement—the most important global accord to mitigate climate change. This announcement is the latest ...read more

The UN’s Concrete Ceiling

January 9, 2017

Global feminism hit a concrete ceiling in 2016. The first woman U.S. major-party presidential candidate was unable to rally votes in enough states across the country for her election despite an incompetent, openly racist ...read more

Will Egypt choose a woman?

June 23, 2016

This article by Shazia Rafi was originally published by Al-Ahram Weekly In November, the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly will hone in on the next UN secretary-general. All states, including Egypt, have a chance ...read more
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