Jun 21, 2016 | Advocacy Networks, Health & Human Security
The 2011 revolution that began in Tunisia reverberates with decades of abuses and repression that women had suffered under the 30 year presidency of Habib Bourguiba and that continued and were amplified under the presidency of Ben Ali before he was overthrown in the...
May 22, 2016 | Blog, Health & Human Security
The threats posed by infectious disease outbreaks of Ebola and Zika epidemics are demonstrating the need for collaborative programs and solutions that match the GSN four-part model: global issue digitally connected self-governed diverse stakeholders Head of the Gates...
May 17, 2016 | Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing
Almost 200 Nepalese tell the World Humanitarian Summit what they really thought about the aid the world gave In the run-up to the first ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (23-24 May), Christian Aid has launched Nepal Aftershocks: the people’s truth about aid,...
May 12, 2016 | Blog, Health & Human Security
The first ever World Humanitarian Summit will convene this month in Istanbul. The cost of humanitarian finance and the global refugee crisis are key topics for the governments, agencies and private sector representatives in attendance. But some participants are...
Mar 24, 2016 | Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
World Economic Forum recently announced the new class of the Forum of Young Global Leaders. Each year the World Economic Forum elects a class of innovative, enterprising and socially minded men and women under the age of 40 to join the Forum of Young Global Leaders....
Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Health & Human Security
In 2014, the GSN program studied AKVO, an innovative network based out of the Netherlands. From the case intro: Access to clean water and sanitation—taken for granted in affluent countries—is a daily problem for over one-third of the world’s population. The problem is...
