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Achievements, Ambition and Action: Elders promote UHC in Tanzania
… Graça Machel and Mary Robinson visit Mpamatwa Village, Tanzania in July 2017 (Credit: Ibrahim Joseph/The … towards this goal as part of Tanzania’s wider sustainable development strategy. On 13 July the Elders flew to the … financing is the key to UHC Governments and global development should implement UHC financing strategies …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Gender equality and climate change: the vital link for success beyond Paris
… women and gender equality are crucial to the success of the global efforts on development and climate change. As UN Special … to live there. Locals in Tebikenikora, a village in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. (Credit: …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Closing the gender gap
… "For global development to be sustainable, the issues of climate change, … Jannet is a widow with five children who lives in Aliamu village in Uganda. She has always been poor, but when her …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Ban Ki-moon: businesses can lead on refugee integration where leaders fall short
… . The mass movement of people is a global phenomenon; one that is here to stay. A former … War. The human suffering I witnessed as I fled my burning village with my parents continued to haunt me in the days … The UN General Assembly considers the Sustainable Development Goals to be a priority; and rightly so. The …
monika - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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A Rio+20 deve resgatar o futuro, avisam “Elders” e os “Youngers” aos líderes de hoje
… Desmond Tutu, in the run up to Rio+20. The Elders launch a global debate with young leaders to inspire the urgent … “We have a doomsday scenario to avoid, and sustainable development is the only way to do it” – Sara … care more about, and are better connected to, the global village. “We Elders know only too well the …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Typhoon Haiyan is a warning: we need to change the climate debate
… problem and realise that it is in essence an issue of development and of rights. Climate change is an issue of … Okollet said about the impacts of climate change on her village in Northern Uganda: that “this is outside our … and the generations to come. Transformation on a global scale But to be successful, and at the scale …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Cooperation between China and US crucial for sustainability and prosperity
… It is an honour to speak to you today, at this time when global dialogue and collaboration have never been more … cultural groups and others. As an example, the 2021 Her Village International Forum links women leaders, and I spoke … on climate change and the wider UN 2030 Agenda for Development, with the Sustainable Development Goals at its …
louise.heath@t… - 01/23/2023 - 15:09
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Who we are
… by Nelson Mandela in 2007. We are an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights and … In an increasingly interdependent world - a ‘global village’ - could a small, dedicated group of individuals … Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson and others led the development of the concept and, in July 2007, on Mandela’s …
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Planning for disaster: solutions to the human cost of climate change
… Brundtland and Mary Robinson call for the Sustainable Development Goals to include provision for those living in … Reduction is being held in Sendai, Japan. There is a global consensus that a changing climate leads to changes in … in establishing a new maternal health clinic in a coastal village which risks being swept away entirely by rising sea …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Women’s rights must be at the centre of the global recovery
Women’s rights must be at the centre of the global recovery … by the Korean War, when my family was uprooted from our village and I saw how women had to pick up the pieces and … equality. And it is why I championed the Sustainable Development Goals, which have equality and empowerment at …
Elsa - 07/21/2022 - 10:31