Involving women in science, implementing the 2030 Agenda | UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Women and girls represent half of the world’s population. Yet, they are not fully participating within the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with a gender gap still remaining far too wide across the globe. Indeed, women account for less than 30 per cent of all researchers in the world and where one in nine men graduate in the fields of … [Read more...]
MAR 22, #LoveWater Summit, Meet Our Luminaries and Activists!
March 15, 2015 by
UNIFY Family! Can you feel the energy rising as people around the world are getting ready to #LoveWater? We're barely one week away from World Water Day, and we are *so* excited to share with you some of the amazing Activists, Luminaries, and Spiritual Leaders that will be joining us for our #LoveWater Telesummit this March 22nd. Check out some of the amazing people who will be joining us, and sign-up for our Global Water Tele-Summit below! As a Youth Ambassador for Native Children’s … [Read more...]
ECOSOC Youth Forum – Feb 2.3
January 31, 2015 by
Youth will take centre stage at the United Nations on 2 and 3 February during the annual Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, exploring the role of young people in the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event will give the world’s youth a powerful platform to engage in dialogue with decision-makers on development issues most important to them. “In order to arrive at an inclusive and people-centred post-2015 … [Read more...]
Google, Facebook challenge global banks, Lorre White
August 24, 2013 by
“The competitors of tomorrow will not be large scale banks, they will concentrate on the single aspects of retail banking – it is akin to guerilla warfare,” Farhad Irani, the head of retail banking at Middle Eastern Bank Mashreq, the largest private bank in the UAE, said. Photo: Reuters SHAUN DRUMMOND The chief threats to global banks’ business model come from internet giants like Google and Facebook seeking to capture customer transaction data, and telcos moving into the payments space, … [Read more...]
Girls Transform the World Digital Action Campaign
July 7, 2013 by
Your Voices Delivered to the G(irls)20 Summit! Over the last four months, your stories on girls' access to education have flooded World Pulse in an uproar we never could have imagined! As the campaign comes to an end, we are excited to share the outcomes and to keep the momentum going. The submissions we have received are an excellent reminder that girls truly do transform the world! With your support, the Girls Transform the World Campaign has accomplished some amazing … [Read more...]
“Women Changing The World Mentorship Program”, MAY 21
May 20, 2013 by
"Navigating Through Change Series" Join us May 21st at 7pm PST 10pm EST for this informative and a groundbreaking free class where women from all over the world join in to find answers and support in fast changing world...and of course ask burning questions. To access this free class please dial: 559 - 546 - 1333 and your access number is 439344. It’s time to come into right relationship with your Inner guidance so that you can harness your personal power to serve your vision and … [Read more...]
UN General Assembly – What, Who, Why and When?
May 14, 2013 by
The sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly will open in September 2013. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was chosen from the GRULAC with Antigua and Barbuda's John William Ashe being the consensus candidate, thus bypassing the need for an election. The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 193 Members of the United Nations, it provides a unique forum for multilateral … [Read more...]
A BRICS Bank for Development, Meetika Srivastava
March 25, 2013 by
A BRICS bank for development BRIC which was first used in the year 2001 as an acronym in the Goldman Sachs’s Global Economics paper No. 66 titled “The World Needs Better Economic BRICs” has now become an important bloc comprising of EMERGING POWERS of the world’s new economic order. It has a prominent economy of Latin America i.e., Brazil - a store house of raw materials, the Chinese Dragon; the fastest growing Asian economy and the second largest world economy after the US, the … [Read more...]
