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Solidarity of NGOs facing the pandemic: Education

SI UN Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the next instalment in her series of blogs about how NGOs are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on education and distance learning. The great solidarity of civil society and UNESCO's partner NGOs are helping populations in the field, especially the

2021 is the Critical Turning Point to Make Peace with Nature

Mary Muia, SI UN Representative in Nairobi, brings us the highlights of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The virtual Fifth session of UNEA, which ended on Tuesday 24 February concluded that the planet is in crisis and nature must be at the heart of global

General Assembly: High-level Meeting on Water 18 March, 2021

Report by Linda Witong, SI Advisor to Advocacy In a somber but riveting session, our audience learned about how challenging our future is in relation to the water crisis. H.E Mr. Volkan Bozkir, the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, began by relating how we

CSW65 Parallel Event – Fix the System: Get Her Elected

Blog by Dawn Marie Lemonds, SI Newport Harbor Area. A jam-packed interactive session featured our own Immediate Past President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen as one of the keynote speakers along with other leaders from Women for Water Partnership, and elected leaders - Rachel Dodge former Attorney General in Brazil, Bonita Zarrillo from

CSW65 Opening Session

Blog by Pat Black, SI Special Advisor to Advocacy Usually it isn’t easy to get into the opening session of CSW. It is often held in the main United Nations (UN) General Assembly hall which is very impressive but there has in the past been a limitation on the number

CSW65 Consultation Day

Blog by Linda Witong, SI Advocacy Advisor. Upon attending the first virtual United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) event with thousands of other participants in both New York and Geneva, the message was clear. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic had rocked our world on its axis,

It’s in the Trees!

A round-up of just some of the projects taking place this year to build a greener future. SI Townsville Breakwater, Region: SI North Queensland, Australia. As Townsville is a City located in the tropics in the north of the Australian State of Queensland, it is a gateway to the Great

Human Rights During a Pandemic: Another Casuality

Special Advisor to Advocacy Linda Witong reports. "A new report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [1] reveals how the current multifaceted COVID-19 crisis has both exposed and amplified the strong human rights inequalities that have existed between women or girls and race, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status,

‘We the Peoples’ in Conversation with UN Secretary-General

10 January marked the 75 anniversary of the first United Nations (UN) General Assembly. To celebrate this momentous event, the UN hosted 'We the Peoples’, a virtual conversation with the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres. The event kicked off with the UN Secretary-General’s first major speech of the year, in which

What is Global Citizenship Education?

Blog by Evelyne Para, SI UN Representative at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). "As the international community experiences an unprecedented health crisis, and contemporary challenges threatening the rule of law are a source of growing concern for many societies around the world, we realise now that

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