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Tagged: Conversations with Thought Leaders

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Two people sit talking in chairs in front of a meeting.

Neurologist to adolescents: “Mind your brain now and it will mind you later.”

Two people sit talking in chairs in front of a meeting.
Data and research

By Katell Le Goulven, Judith Diers

Neurologist to adolescents: “Mind your brain now and it will mind you later.”

  The majority of neurological research focuses on the two extremes of the lifespan: the early years of brain development and the aging brain. Dr. Frances Jensen, Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, recently joined UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and a large audience to… Read more →←
A young girl from Bangladesh smiles as her uncle picks her up.

Former Australian premier on Global Governance 2.0

A young girl from Bangladesh smiles as her uncle picks her up.
Experts speak

By Yulia Oleinik

Former Australian premier on Global Governance 2.0

Is there a future for the UN in a fast evolving landscape of new global challenges (as well as some old unsolved ones) and growing number of other multilateral institutions? Yes, said Kevin Rudd, Chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism and former Prime Minister of Australia. The Honorable Kevin Rudd recently came to UNICEF… Read more →←
A young child stands outside a UNICEF-supported nutrition center in Pakistan.

The UN: an incubator and implementer of big ideas?

A young child stands outside a UNICEF-supported nutrition center in Pakistan.
Experts speak

By Katell Le Goulven, Michelle Siegel

The UN: an incubator and implementer of big ideas?

When we advertised the coming of Sir Richard Jolly to UNICEF as a speaker in our Conversation with Thought Leaders series to talk about his book UNICEF: Global Governance that Works, we were anticipating some exciting stories about UNICEF and, yes, we knew it would be a bit self-serving. But the conversation went beyond UNICEF as a model… Read more →←
Amina Mohammed.

How do we make the data revolution work for children?

Amina Mohammed.
Insider

By UNICEF Connect, Amina Mohamed

Story also available in: Français

How do we make the data revolution work for children?

Amina Mohammed, the UN Secretary-General Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning participated as an ex-officio member in the Secretary-General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development. She recently visited UNICEF as part of the Conversations with Thought Leaders series to discuss… Read more →←

What do social accountability and power have to do with children?

Insider

By UNICEF Connect, Rakesh Rajani

What do social accountability and power have to do with children?

Rakesh Rajani, Director of Democratic Participation and Governance at the Ford Foundation, recently visited UNICEF as part of the Conversations with Thought Leaders series. After the event we got his views on where the field of citizen-led accountability is headed and what risks and opportunities there are for working with and for… Read more →←
Now for the Long Term focuses on the interests of future generations - and examines how action, or lack of, will impact them.

Now for the long term – for the next generation

Now for the Long Term focuses on the interests of future generations - and examines how action, or lack of, will impact them.
Experts speak

By Eva Kaplan, Yulia Oleinik

Now for the long term – for the next generation

“Reform” is a word often heard in global governance debates. And it’s hardly surprising, as negotiations stall along issues as far ranging as climate change to trade rules, it’s almost universally recognized that we need to do things differently. Through UNICEF’s Conversations with Thought Leaders, we had an opportunity to… Read more →←

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