The Sustainable Development Goal on education establishes ambitious targets and to finance the achievement of these, we need a radical shift, a rebuilding of confidence in the capacity of the...
This month I attended the third UN conference on Habitat. Representatives from governments, intergovernmental agencies, civil society and social movements met in Quito, Ecuador, to discuss a new...
The women of Africa have categorically stated that talk is cheap. The time for real action is now. They have scaled the highest mountain on the continent just to tell their leaders that their...
This weekend marked the closing of the latest BRICS summit in Goa, India. While Indian media largely ignored most of the globally relevant discussions, instead focussing on bi-lateral disputes...
Hurricane Matthew has destroyed homes and schools in Haiti. Conditions in evacuation shelters are very poor in some of the worst affected areas. There is no water, electricity and very little food....
We need a new approach to corporate governance. Companies cannot just be a vehicle to create shareholders’ value – i.e. to pay high returns to those holding the capital. They must be...
Imagine being a typist without a typewriter, a photographer without a camera, a driver without a car. Women are toiling the land, gathering firewood, water, producing and cooking the food; and...
It was a privilege to be at the 13th AWID conference in Salvador (Brazil). It was fun and basically an experience sharing across various countries. At the conference, I had the chance to attend the...
Within a decade, Brazil has amazed and inspired the world, demonstrating that it is possible to tackle hunger and inequality with innovative, cross-sectoral and participatory policies. Extreme...
The President of the European Commission made a much-awaited speech in the European Parliament today, the so-called State of the European Union address. This annual event is supposed to show...
Common statement by 177 European and national Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions Europe is at a crossroads, and the future of European cooperation and the benefits it brings are at...
Scaling the heights of women’s land rightsTowering at 5,895 metres above sea level, the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro stands out not only as the highest peak in Africa, but also the tallest free-...
As China prepares to host the G20 summit, much of the media attention is focusing on China itself. Preparations for the summit have involved draconian measures, according to this piece in the...
Collected reflections from Amadé Sucá, Denis Kalekeni, Andrew Mbega and Julie JumaThis was the 12th edition of the World Social Forum (or the Fórum Social Mundial in its original Portuguese...
Today in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw, the country’s first digital platform specifically for youth voice was launched. Known as U-Report, the platform located on Facebook empowers Myanmar’s youth to...
