The Choices We Make and the Stands We Take: Reflecting on This Year’s UN General Assembly

By Elizabeth Cousens on September 29, 2016

This September’s opening of the 71st session of United Nations General Assembly was a powerful reminder that we live in …

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What Does Contraception Have To Do With Education? Everything

By Robyn Russell on September 29, 2016

Worldwide, 62 million girls are not in school, and girls continue to fall significantly behind boys in completing secondary school. …

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A Path to Equality at the UN General Assembly LGBT Core Group Meeting

By Rick Parnell on September 29, 2016

*This post is co-authored by the UN Foundation’s Ryan Kaminski.  Last week, the United Nations held its highest-level meeting ever …

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9 People at the UN General Assembly Who Inspired Us

By Aaron Sherinian on September 29, 2016

When people think of the United Nations General Assembly, they often picture heads of state speaking from the podium in …

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5 Key Things to Know from UN General Assembly Week

By Susan Myers on September 29, 2016

The high-level week of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly recently finished, bringing people – from heads …

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Images of Hope: Photos from the 2016 UN General Assembly

By Jenni Lee on September 22, 2016

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And this year’s opening of the United Nations General Assembly told …

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Every Woman Every Child in the Era of the Global Goals

By Kate Dodson on September 21, 2016

The opening of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, an annual gathering of world leaders to discuss …

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Ban Ki-moon’s Final UN General Assembly: A Look Back at 4 of His Key Moments

By Eric Porterfield on September 20, 2016

This year’s opening session of the United Nations General Assembly will be the last for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his …

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8 Key Themes from the 2016 Social Good Summit

By Aaron Sherinian on September 20, 2016

What if, as world leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly, people in more than 80 locations around the world …

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The Change We Need to Make to Achieve a Sustainable Future: Thinking Beyond Issues and Sectors to People

By Kathy Calvin on September 19, 2016

Climate change, refugees and migrants, peacebuilding, sustainable development, and gender equality are just some of the issues that are prominent …

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