Global
This one stat puts the fight against poverty into stunning perspective
Oxford economist Max Roser has highlighted an astonishing statistic that shows how extreme poverty is declining.
4th Industrial Revolution
Industry
Economy
Global Issue
System Initiative
4th Industrial Revolution
Industry
Economy
Global Issue
System Initiative
Human Rights
United States
Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria, 85% of Puerto Rico remains without power
4 out of 5 Puerto Ricans are still without power — but darkness is far from the island's biggest problem.
Global
The shocking numbers behind the modern slave trade
Slavery is more common than you might think, and here are the figures to prove it.
Future of Government
We still have time to save democracy. Here’s how
Democratic governance is eroding while public confidence in political leadership declines on an unprecedented scale.
Future of Economic Progress
How businesses can support LGBTI rights in countries that oppose them
Multinationals can find themselves caught on the horns of a dilemma: promoting inclusivity in countries where anti-LGBTI prejudice is still prevalent. Now the UN has issued guidance to he...
Republic of Korea
Here's what happens to North Koreans who flee their country
60 North Koreans share their experiences about life in the north as well as their escape and new lives in the south.
International Security
After 35 years with the UN, here's what I learned
At heart, the work of the United Nations depends on one powerful human emotion.
Workforce and Employment
Your company must tell you if it's monitoring your emails, says the European Court of Human Rights
A new judgement from the European Court of Human Right means that companies must tell employees in advance if their work email accounts are being monitored without unduly infringing their...
Illicit Economy
Four dangerous assumptions about human trafficking
Despite the commitment of governments, business and religious leaders to ending it, human trafficking is a persistent evil in the globalized world. We should be more realistic about how w...
Social Innovation
These Kenyan schoolgirls are headed to Google HQ with their app to prevent FGM
A team of Kenyan school girls are travelling to Google's HQ in Calfornia as part of this year's Technovation competition.
Water
Women and girls are still carrying the bulk of the world's water
According to a new United Nations report, most of the work of getting water falls on women and girls.
Global
This is the role that the G20 will play in the refugee agenda
The scale of forced migration today has revealed troubling flaws in organizations designed to help and protect.
Cities and Urbanization
Safe havens: why cities are crucial to the global refugee crisis
Where nation states and populists are closing borders and rejecting migrants, cities are open, diverse and cosmopolitan - making them a potential antidote to reactionary nationalism aroun...
Entrepreneurship
Until gay marriage is legalized, you won't be able to have double chocolate ice-cream
Until Australia allows same-sex marriage, Ben and Jerry’s won’t serve two scoops of the same ice cream
ASEAN
As the ASEAN region turns 50, human rights remain a challenge
Civil liberties have not progressed in tandem with the region’s economic prosperity.