15 Facts About UN Peacekeeping in 2015

By Chandrima Das on March 17, 2015

Last October, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed a High-Level Panel on UN Peace Operations to evaluate the role of …

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Join Pharrell Williams and the UN for a Happy Planet

By Aaron Sherinian on March 17, 2015

March 20 is the International Day of Happiness, and one thing that has become clear over recent decades: Happy people …

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5 Ways Solar Power Improves Lives in Humanitarian Settings

By Winifred Pritchett on March 17, 2015

(Photo credit: Jiro Ose/UN Foundation) Tens of millions of people around the world have been forced to flee their homes …

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Finding the Leader in Every Girl, Everywhere

By Melissa Hillebrenner Kilby on March 13, 2015

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we honor the women in our lives and our world who inspire us most …

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Gender Data is Key to Building the World We Want

By Emily Courey Pryor on March 13, 2015

At an event for Data2X a few months ago, our partner Pali Lehohla, Statistician-General of South Africa, wisely said, “If …

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Crisis in Syria: UNICEF Iraq Provides Relief to Refugees

By Jenni Lee on March 12, 2015

This month the crisis in Syria enters its fifth year, and right now, over 100,000 children from Syria have been …

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Crisis in Syria: World Health Organization Provides Vital Aid to Syrians in Need

By Jenni Lee on March 12, 2015

WHO/T. Jasarevic Amal is a five-year-old Syrian girl who loved having tea parties with her cousins. In 2013, she was …

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Mothers’ Rights

By Devi R. Thomas on March 12, 2015

Photo/Stuart Ramson “Women’s rights are human rights,” said then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1995 at a United Nations conference …

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Event Announcement: Health Measurement in a Post-2015 Environment

By Guest Blogger on March 11, 2015

On March 18, the UN Foundation is teaming up with our partners to host an important discussion around the world’s …

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Q&A on Disaster Risk Reduction: If Not Risk-Informed, Not Sustainable Development

By Jenni Lee on March 11, 2015

This month, the United Nations is holding a global conference in Sendai, Japan on disaster risk reduction. What is disaster risk …

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