UN Digest: UNAIDS, UN DESA

UN Digest: UNAIDS UN Digest: UN DESA UN Digest| Stage 1 As a series of touch points each day, UN leaders will share a thematic digest in short ‘explainer’ videos. UN leaders from across the UN System will share the vision for their organization’s efforts responding to the urgency to accelerate action to deliver the […]

Immersive Productions and Performances

Immersive Productions and Performances | Stage 1 9PM MY World 360° 2020 Selection Imagine the loneliness of simultaneously being surrounded by people in a bustling city and yet living alone. 9pm is a story about the issue of loneliness in South Korea, which many can relate to in the wake of COVID-19. Created by Komeil […]

Indigenous Solutions: For a fair and green recovery

Breakout session | Stage 2   Host: Global Alliance of Territorial Communities Achieving the world we need and want depends on enhancing indigenous and local communities contributions to sustainable development in both regional and global levels.  One of the insights to be shared in this session is related to mechanisms that ensure strong and resilient […]

Protection for Resilience: Synergizing SDGs to achieve resilient food systems

Breakout session | Stage 2 Host: Stockholm Environment Institute – Asia Little progress has been achieved towards ending hunger in Asia Pacific, and the region continues to suffer from regression of Goals 12 and 13. Furthermore, Covid-19 has disrupted major value chains, including critical food value chains and increased people’s vulnerabilities all over the region. […]

Ensuring Migrants’ Access to Healthcare in COVID-19

Lightning Talk | Stage 1 Migrants face formal and informal barriers to access to services, including cost and fear of detention upon seeking public services. Obstacles to accessible healthcare are exacerbated in the pandemic, risking deepened inequalities and faster spread of COVID-19.   Speakers [tmm name=”ensuring-migrants-access-to-healthcare-in-covid-19″]

The Future of Leadership: When Women Lead

  Breakout session | Stage 1 Host: Women Political Leaders The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of evidence based research to deliver on inclusive and sustainable policy solutions. The Reykjavik Index, as well as other data and recent examples of global female leadership throughout the pandemic, clearly show that perceptions play an important role […]

From Dream to Delivery: How Microsoft & UNICEF came together to bring learning to millions

  Lightning Talk | Stage 1 This talk will focus on how UNICEF and Microsoft launched a global learning platform to help address the COVID-19 education crisis through the Learning Passport, a partnership between UNICEF, Microsoft, Cambridge University, with support from the Boston Consulting Group. Speakers [tmm name=”from-dream-to-delivery-how-microsoft-unicef-came-together-to-bring-learning-to-millions-2″]

NEW PATHWAYS: Under the Influence – Online Solutions to Real World Violence

  Breakout Session | Stage 2 Host: The Spotlight Initiative and The Social Good Club In recent years, social media has played an important role in bringing awareness and driving public action and engagement towards social change, from #MeToo to #BlackLivesMatter. The coronavirus pandemic and its related lockdowns have contributed to a significant increase in […]