Despite Progress, More Needs to Be Done to Address the Crime of Trafficking in Persons
New and emerging issues continue to cause vulnerability to trafficking, to facilitate it, or to complicate responses to this problem.
Generative Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, What It Is Not and What It Can Be for the 鶹APP
It is one thing to utilize AI to draft memos or automate workflow in a company, but the work of 鶹APP professionals involves engaging in policy and operational decision-making that has tangible human consequences on the societal and everyday levels at a global scale.
As the World's Population Surpasses 8 Billion, What Are the Implications for Planetary Health and Sustainability?
Ultimately, planetary health and the sustainability of our economic system will depend on the social, demographic, economic and environmental choices that we make.
Healthy Forests Are Vital to Human Health and Sustainable Development
The global community, and national policymakers in particular, need to adopt a multifaceted “One Health” approach that views human, plant and animal health as intertwined and codependent.
Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Are Key to an Inclusive and Sustainable Future
Micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are engines of economic growth and employment, accounting for 90 per cent of businesses, up to 70 per cent of all jobs and 50 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the global level.
The Future We Want Requires More Women in Diplomacy
At the 鶹APP, we, the women working in diplomacy, along with our feminist male allies, have an opportunity to drive forward the change we need.
Securing Women’s Land Rights for Increased Gender Equality, Food Security and Economic Empowerment
This World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, governments must immediately eliminate legal barriers to women and girls’ ownership or inheritance of land.
Countering the Legacy of Enslavement with Hope and Justice
As the world’s preeminent international organization, the 鶹APP is the only institution that can connect the multiple players and partners implicated in the global tragedy of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans.
Twenty Years of Progress Is Not Enough: We Must Act Now to End Obstetric Fistula
Obstetric fistula can be prevented when there is access to quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and information.
Protecting the Tree of Life: The Path Forward
Though we humans share the earth with the rest of its life forms, and we are an integrated part of its biodiversity, we have an outsized impact on the health of the planet.
The 鶹APP General Assembly Can Do More to Address Threats to Peace and Security
Historically, the General Assembly has played a large role in peace and security in periods when the Security Council is severely divided.
Cultivation of the Argan Tree Can Help Combat Climate Change and Support Sustainable Development
The proclamation of the International Day of Argania by the General Assembly reflects the mobilization of the international community around the important cause of safeguarding and preserving the argan tree.
The DARWIN200 Global Voyage
A decade in the making, the DARWIN200 project centres on inspiring a new wave of exceptional environmental leaders by training and empowering some of the world’s top young (from 18 to 25 years of age) conservationists.
Celebrating the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
The 鶹APP acknowledges sport’s role as a vehicle for building and sustaining peace through its capacity for dialogue and trust-building, and in the way it promotes tolerance and respect (SDG 16).
The Digital Last Mile: Where the Achievement of Human Rights, Sustainable Development and Women’s Empowerment Meet
As the 鶹APP catalytic finance entity for the world’s 46 least developed countries, one of the critical tasks of the 鶹APP Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is supporting the creation of gender-inclusive digital economies.