Attacks on civil society and civic freedoms threaten to unravel achievements in meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are weakening action to tackle economic inequalit...
Governments, institutions and professional organizations have been trained to think good decisions flow from good governance and that good governance is a product of good representation.
On 1 January 2016, the world’s nations put forward a to-do list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a fairer, healthier, more sustainable world by 2030. It was a moment o...
The belief that the gender gap in the world’s newsrooms is no longer a concern strengthens with every high-profile editorial announcement of a woman in news leadership.
Across the world, we are facing an acute inflation crisis. In its latest economic outlook report, the IMF forecasts global inflation to increase to a record 8.8 percent in 2022, citing li...
Workers have rights.
As our world is facing multiple, simultaneous crises, the need for civic participation across all sectors is more imperative than ever before. From climate action and responsible technolo...
Developing an effective response to the crises that societies face – including geopolitical fractures, climate and nature emergencies and societal divisions – requires strong global partn...
Indigenous peoples’ and local community lands cover a third of the earth’s territories. The fact that 91% of them are in good or fair ecological condition today is a testament to the effe...
Co-authored by Dr. Mark Latonero and Dr. Urvashi Aneja, this paper explores the concept of co-design in partnership with civil society, beginning with COVID-19 technology interventions. I...
10 December is Human Rights Day marking 72 years since the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, forged amid the destruction and persecution in the aftermath of the Second...
• The Meritocracy Stress Test does for equality what the bank stress test did for liquidity.
Over the last nine months, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread to every corner of the world, exacerbating pre-existing systemic inequalities across societies. From disproportionate rates of ...
