Ted Turner: A Lifetime of Bold Achievements

By Kathy Calvin on June 9, 2016

Bold. Unconventional. Generous. This is how Bill Gates has described Ted Turner, the United Nations Foundation’s Founder and Chairman, who …

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People Need to Know the Ocean is in Trouble

By Guest Blogger on June 8, 2016

My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was 3 years old and I got …

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A to Z at the World Health Assembly: Discussions Range from Antimicrobial Resistance to the Zika Virus

By Ambassador John E. Lange on June 6, 2016

The 69th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva demonstrated once again the central role of the World Health Organization (WHO) …

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3 Reasons Why We Can’t Ignore the Talk about Gender Data

By Emily Courey Pryor on June 3, 2016

Editor’s Note: This post was co-written by Data2X’s Emily Courey Pryor and Rebecca Furst-Nichols “Data, once the domain of geeks, …

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4 Key Themes from the World Health Assembly

By Kate Dodson on June 3, 2016

From May 23-28, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened the 69th World Health Assembly, an annual gathering of ministers of …

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Standing Up for LGBT Rights Around the World

By Rick Parnell on June 2, 2016

Nearly one year ago, I had the opportunity to march in the San Francisco Pride Parade just after the U.S. …

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Let Girls Learn and Think

By Alaka Basu on June 2, 2016

As the dust of excitement around recent big events like the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda, the signing …

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Supporter Spotlight: Meet the People Who Power Our Work

By Jenni Lee on June 1, 2016

Who are the people that power our work helping the United Nations build a safer, healthier, more peaceful world? Meet …

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A Look at the Events Surrounding the World Humanitarian Summit

By Aaron Sherinian on May 25, 2016

“The summit is a way of saying let’s come together, let’s really understand how we can work better” – Stephen …

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10 Key Takeaways from the World Humanitarian Summit

By Susan Myers on May 25, 2016

“We are one humanity, with a shared responsibility. Let us resolve here and now not only to keep people alive, …

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