5 Reasons Why Empowering Girls Matters

By Jenni Lee on October 7, 2015

On October 11, the United Nations and partners including the UN Foundation celebrate International Day of the Girl and the …

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What They Said about the Planet at the UN General Assembly

By admin on October 6, 2015

The wellbeing of the planet is directly tied to the wellbeing of its people. To achieve a future where no …

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How Fiorello La Guardia Helped Refugees and His Own Sister

By Guest Blogger on October 1, 2015

Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series on the founding of the United Nations 70 years ago. You …

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Real People, Real Stories of Family Planning

By Beth Schlachter on October 1, 2015

Heny Rosdiana has a secret weapon to encourage couples to try an IUD: her husband. “Some clients wanted to hear …

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5 Quotes from Leading Thinkers on How to Make Global Progress

By Patrick Walsh on September 30, 2015

This week, leading innovators, communicators, and advocates from the international development community came together in New York for a “master …

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From Then to Now: Five Years of Girl Up

By Kathy Calvin on September 30, 2015

Five years ago, the United Nations Foundation took a leap into adolescent girls’ empowerment with the launch of Girl Up, …

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What the Global Health Community Can Learn from Liberia’s Measles Campaign

By Elesha Kingshott on September 30, 2015

The Measles & Rubella Initiative, of which the United Nations Foundation is a founding partner, works to ensure no child …

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12 Images of Hope from UN Week

By Jenni Lee on September 29, 2015

“This is a time of fear and heartbreak…but this is also a time for hope.” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon …

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5 Themes from the Social Good Summit

By Aaron Sherinian on September 29, 2015

[Update: Tickets for Social Good Summit 2016 are now on sale! Visit socialgoodsummit.com]  Sometimes what starts as a conference culminates …

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What We’re Hearing: 8 Quotes from Social Good Summit

By Jenni Lee on September 27, 2015

We just wrapped up the first day of the Social Good Summit, where we heard about big ideas from big …

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