Posts Tagged with ‘social media’
BRIDGET
By: BridgetAkudo Nwagbara, Chair of the Youth Health Workers Advocates, Nigeria – MNCH
Social media has revolutionized the way people across the globe interact with one another. At the recent, th...
plural, Alliance of civilizations
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAoC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are organizing a youth produced video festival called Plural+ addressing the challenges of d...
Knowledge for
Bloggers, media, NGOs, celebrities, and global thought leaders from a variety of public health and human rights spectrums converged this week on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for the Social Good Su...
John, Global Voices
Despite common assumptions and their perceived differences, the indigenous knowledge and global knowledge systems have become much closer in the past decade. Indigenous knowledge practitioners hav...
Naomi
It is United Nations week in New York City which means a few things: First, don't take a cab anywhere near Midtown East and second Mashable kicked off the monumental week with the Social Good Summit a...
Chris, K4Health
As leaders gather this week at the United Nations to discuss the challenges and opportunities to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, Mashable, 92nd Street Y and the UN Foundation bro...
Sloane
Couldn't get to the Social Good Summit yourself? Sloane Berrent, writing for Halogen TV, keeps us posted on how social media for social good became the theme of the day.
Did you know that every S...
Erica
Innovation and new technologies are tackling old challenges and accelerating progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this video Erica Kotchi from UNICEF Innovation addresse...
Vanessa, UNFPA
When Facebook veered away from Environmental Sustainability (MDG7), Greenpeace voiced their concern with a strategy that used Facebook as a platform for change at Facebook. Take a look at how they lau...
Maya
In this video Grammy-winning singer Maya Azucena talks about MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social media to increase community engagement in the fight to improve maternal...
Toni
In this video award-winning artist Toni Blackman addresses 'invisible women' around the world. Toni Blackman is one of the artists of MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social ...
Frank
Frank Lopez is one of the artists of MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social media to increase community engagement in the fight to improve maternal health and reach Millenn...
Sean
Word! Sean B is one of the artists of MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social media to increase community engagement in the fight to improve maternal health and reach Millenn...
Claire, Ashoka
How can we use cell phones for social change? With Ushahidi, we can help regnant and laboring women around the world.
As mobile and web technologies become increasingly accessible to those living i...
Ssozi, Women of Uganda
The mobile phone has proved to be a very handy tool due to its flexibility in functionality and yet doesn’t require special skills to operate.
Talking about social media and ICT. Today I am helpi...
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