The Untapped Potential of Africa Africa has a youthful population made up of enthusiastic and energetic young people who (where enough supportive policies and programmes are in place) could driveContinue Reading
Male gender norms, which are in simple terms, the social expectations and roles assigned to men and boys in relation to or in contrast to women and girls do playContinue Reading
The High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals has come to an end. Dozens of nations presented their challenge’s triumphs though their voluntary national reviews and based on theseContinue Reading
As meetings in the High-Level Political Forum continued, the United States’ strange behavior made it clear that they are not investing in the 2030 Agenda. In many of the meetings,Continue Reading
I will be taking the opportunity with my next few posts to report on the High-Level Political Forum taking place at the United Nations. The UN has an ongoing initiativeContinue Reading
Last week, the presidential election cycle of the United States kicked off with the first round of primary debates. A score of candidates took to the stage to make theirContinue Reading
Last week I had the privilege of attending my first official Executive Board Meeting at the United Nations. I was excited to witness real discussion between the leaders of theContinue Reading
Today was the last day of the Conference on the Status of Women here at the UN. And looking back, I think a lot of great discussion was had. PeopleContinue Reading
Iceland has almost entirely eliminated down syndrome from their population. Is this the work of rapidly advancing medicine finding new ways to treat people with down syndrome? Or perhaps itContinue Reading
So far at the UN, I have had the privilege of meeting several important people. And one of these people was Tiffany Espensen. Tiffany is a humanitarian activist and actressContinue Reading