May 4, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Cities, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
Young civic leaders brainstorming opportunities to improve their communities ID’d ways to combating misinformation in elections, giving support to Arabic-speaking domestic violence victims in the US, and using blockchain technology for protecting property...
Mar 31, 2017 | Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, Human Rights, Knowledge Networks
After the record-shattering Women’s March demonstration of global solidarity on the second day of the Trump presidency women could be forgiven for believing that they were making their voices heard around the world. Then the women of the US were shown a new...
Dec 2, 2016 | Advocacy Networks, Health & Human Security, Knowledge Networks
The Global Working Group to End School-Related Gender-Based Violence is a coalition of 40 agencies including governments, NGOs, civil society activists and researchers, a GSN, that advocates for policy changes, shares tools and knowledge, and promotes generation of...
Mar 15, 2016 | Employment & Prosperity
When David Hertz left his home in Brazil as a teeneager he found a passion: food. He brought the passion home to the favelas—the urban slums—in his home country where he started Gastromotiva, a “sociogastrnomic organization,” and a GSN, that teaches...
Feb 15, 2016 | Blog, Cities, Knowledge Networks
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a new report, “The Trends Shaping Education,” that says that cities can learn from one another, share best practice and develop problem solutions in ways that are impossible at the national...
