Souwie Buis
What are the biggest obstacles to gender equality? Female leaders, entrepreneurs, and activists tackled these and other vital questions at the SDG Action Zone on Gender. Kicking off with the prime minister of the first
Souwie Buis
“Violence against women is a pandemic,” says Dr. Denis Mukwege at yesterday’s high level Women in Conflict event, in New York. Led by EU Council President, Charles Michel, the focus was primarily on the plight
Andrew Cave
Fancy a job in a hot seat? They don’t come much hotter than the new positions just created in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Athens, Greece. The role of chief heat officer has emerged as part
Arabella Meyer
This week’s report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change offers a catastrophic assessment of the speed at which the planet is warming and the time we have to avert disaster. While many are
Carolyn Whelan
Imagine if we had a centralized system that could anticipate viruses like COVID-19. One that also predicted the probability infection would spread along with its impact so we could act before it takes hold. The
Andrew Cave
Public service needs to reinvent itself, so that it’s equal, inclusive and diverse, allowing staff to seamlessly move between the public and the private sector. That’s the view of Maryum Saifee, a leader of the
Driving Change
This is International Women’s History Month. So what better time to take a look at the policies around the world that have done most to advance women? Driving Change has been looking at the most
Driving Change
Although the first International Criminal Police Congress took place in 1914 and the International Criminal Police Commission emerged nine years later, the agency came under Nazi control in 1938 and was effectively moribund until being
Driving Change
The agency that became the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was created in 1958, one year after the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite in 1957, causing fears in the United States that the country
Driving Change
In August 2016, a peace deal was announced between Colombia’s President, Santos, and the FARC paramilitary group. This followed four years of negotiations, many hosted by the government of Cuba, to end a deadly domestic
