In an op-ed, Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima explains how a group of world leaders, supported by CIC and Oxfam, came together to speak out on rising inequality during UNGA.
"In a quiet corner of New York, I witnessed hope emerging from a new place...a group of progressive leaders of countries both rich and poor who have come together in common cause to tackle extreme inequality and exclusion," she writes.
The November Data for Peace Dialogue was dedicated to the connections between COVID-19, peace, and security. The pandemic has postponed elections, delayed implementation of peace agreements, and obstructed mediation efforts. In this session, we heard from panelists whose organizations are leveraging the power of data to track correlations and insights on the relationship between COVID-19 and conflict, informing future responses to pandemic challenges and helping highlight ways to sustain peace.
There is rapidly growing interest in efforts at identifying, monitoring, and anticipating multiple interacting risks, as epitomized by the COVID-19 pandemic. Institutional bodies are seeking to shift to a policy response that is more forward-looking and risk-based, rather than reactive and needs-based. This webinar, part of a joint series on compound global risk in the COVID-19 era, showcases frontier research and policy work on multi-dimensional risk tracking.
This virtual seminar will present the findings of the report "Data for Peacebuilding and Prevention—Ecosystem Mapping: The State of Play and the Way Towards Creating Community of Practice." Speakers will comment on cutting-edge technologies in data for peacebuilding field. This event also launches the Data for Peace Dialogues, a series of monthly webinars showcasing examples of individuals and organizations that are paving the way to utilize the revolution in information gathering, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for peace.
In September 2017, UN secretary-general António Guterres launched a strategy to achieve a long-overdue goal of gender parity among staff across the United Nations (UN). This event examines progress in meeting this goal with a specific focus on challenges to increasing women in the senior leadership roles in the UN’s peace and security institutions. The event is also the occasion for the launch of the UN Senior Appointments Dashboard, a resource created to track historical trends by gender, national origin, and other characteristics, in the UN’s top appointments.
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that ensuring the right to health of all citizens in all countries is a matter of utmost urgency, and that no one will be safe until everyone is safe. The high-level event, co-hosted by the President of Costa Rica, will explore ways to enhance international cooperation through initiatives like C-TAP (the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool) and ensure universal access to health technologies, including a vaccine.
One of the many consequences of the COVID-pandemic is an increase, worldwide, in mental and psychosocial distress at individual and community level. This virtual high-level event organized by the Netherlands, the Center on International Cooperation, and the g7+ group of conflict-affected countries will discuss how Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) can help individuals and communities retain or regain resilience, strengthen solidarity and cohesion, address trauma, and foster reconciliation in the context of COVID-19.
A Small Group of World Leaders are Standing Together Against Inequality
In an op-ed, Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima explains how a group of world leaders, supported by CIC and Oxfam, came together to speak out on rising inequality during UNGA.
"In a quiet corner of New York, I witnessed hope emerging from a new place...a group of progressive leaders of countries both rich and poor who have come together in common cause to tackle extreme inequality and exclusion," she writes.