Rodrigo’s eyes radiate when he speaks about his relationship with his three-month-old daughter: how he changes her diaper, rocks her to sleep and, the other day, comforted her when he took her to get vaccinated during working hours. He is excited about having his first daughter (his oldest son is eight) because he says that “girls… Read more →←
Topic: Big picture
There are 600 million adolescent girls in the world, most of them living in the developing world. 600 million adolescent girls who each overflow with the potential to become an entrepreneur, a scientist, a visionary change-maker, or the leader of her country. But so many of these girls face daily, arduous barriers that prevent them from… Read more →←
Ending his speech in Myanmar to celebrate the growing cooperation between Sweden and Myanmar at the occasion of the National Day of Sweden, H.E. Staffan Herrström, Ambassador to Thailand, Lao PDR and Myanmar, offered a few personal reflections about a theme that is “close to heart” – fatherhood, and the need for men to… Read more →←
The World’s Largest Lesson , an initiative to introduce children to the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals, is inspiring children to take action. On the first day of school, I had a discussion with my grade four students about their opinions on education. One concern came up consistently: They said they often didn’t… Read more →←
Imagine watching your doctor wash their hands with dirty water. Imagine giving birth to a child in a hospital with no running water. Or having no toilet to use when you are in labor. Imagine delivery a baby, without having soap or water to wash your hands. This is a reality for millions of people around the world, where health care is… Read more →←
As we walk through the maze of tents that make up the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Bor, South Sudan, a group of children come bounding around the corner and come to a stop in front of us. Sarah, my guide in the camp, immediately shows the children one of the plastic signs she is carrying, illustrated with simple pictures of… Read more →←
“My cats eyes were so wide, he was also very afraid,” Diana tells us matter of factly. The 10-year-old is explaining what happened during a recent day of intense shelling in Avdiivka, her hometown on the frontline of east Ukraine’s more than three-year-old conflict. This is where you hear first-hand the violence that continues… Read more →←
Tairbek Abdilashim uulu, 22, lives in a village in south Kyrgyzstan, a few hundred meters from the Tajikistan border. “It’s so close, but until a couple of years ago, we didn’t interact with our neighbors; we didn’t even say hello,” the 22-year-old recalls. Things have changed since then. Tairbek has built his own network of… Read more →←
“We expect more than words on paper and promises. We expect action.” These are the words 16-year-old Getrude Clements spoke as she took the stage and the United Nations General Assembly last year and called on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change. Exactly one year later, Getrude is joined by thousands of children… Read more →←
Since World Water Day, we have brought back the Bottle Flip Challenge! This time, the stakes are higher – we’re flipping to speak up about the millions of children at risk of a water crisis. Climate change is causing floods and droughts that are destroying, drying up and contaminating water sources. If the world does not act, the… Read more →←
