Education Transformers, the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) wants to connect with you! 2020 is the year to step up action to transform education for gender equality and the other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). We have 10 years left to achieve the SDGs and the only way to deliver is by partnering with youth. The mission 12 August 2019 was International Youth Day and this year’s theme was Transforming Education...

The Earth Day Challenge is a project by Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots initiative to grow understanding and action around ways we can each take part in reducing our footprint in order to restore balance to the planet. Each day for five days (with two supplemental actions) participants of the Earth Day Challenge will receive one action (via email) focusing on one aspect of daily behavior that can be modified to reduce waste and emissions, increase sustainable habits, and inspire others to do the same! The Challenge begins April 16 building toward Earth Day, April 22. To learn more...

Are you between 14 and 26 years old? Are you interested in promoting access to healthcare? Do you have experience as a youth activist or you would like to become one? Would you like to share your opinions and concerns with world health leaders and influence their future choices? Generations for Health is offering you the opportunity to become a youth advocate for global health and it is waiting for you! Generations for Health mission is to create a space for dialogue between the youth and world health leaders on pressing challenges of global health to promote the exchange of views and unleash...

The fifth SDG Global Festival of Action, powered by the UN SDG Action Campaign, finds new ways to inspire, mobilize and connect people and organizations to take action on the SDGs. In light of the pandemic, the Festival will be held in a dynamic virtual space with six different stages, featuring plenary sessions, lightning talks, performances, interactive workshops, exhibits, and a space to connect with leaders, changemakers, activists, private sector and more. To access the virtual space, please register: bit.ly/JoinGlobalFest2021. On 25 and 26 March, visit live.globalfestivalofaction.org to...

U-Report is a free SMS social monitoring tool for community participation, designed to address issues that people care about. SMS polls and alerts are sent out to U-Reporters and real-time response information is collected. Results and ideas are shared back with the community. Issues polled include among others health, education, water, sanitation and hygiene, youth unemployment, HIV/AIDS, disease outbreaks; social welfare sectors. Data received can be disaggregated by age, gender and district in real time. Registration is voluntary with SMS, facebook or twitter, free to the users across all...