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- Ban urges council to push on Syria
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that it is too early to write off the world body in its efforts to find a peaceful solution to the violence in Syria, adding that a cease-fire must begin with government security forces putting down arms first, because they started the killing. UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said he had received a response from President Bashar al-Assad to diplomatic proposals, and Russia said it would continue supplying the regime with weapons. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (3/13), Reuters (3/14), The Christian Science Monitor (3/13)      - 5 anti-poverty programs that work
Five women are profiled for their innovative efforts throughout the world to lift others out of poverty. Among the programs they have devised are a social enterprise that turns computer-based tasks at companies into jobs for people in developing countries, and a mobile money platform that empowers women and boosts financial transparency. The Christian Science Monitor (3/13) - French doctor gets rare look at Syria emergency
A French surgeon who was part of the group that founded Mèdecins Sans Frontières apparently is the only Western doctor who has been able to enter the besieged Syrian city of Homs, where he treated the wounded and sick last month in a secret, makeshift hospital. "I treated all kinds of wounds, from heavy mortars, shots from long-range sniper rifles, high-velocity rounds, shrapnel," Jacques Bérès said of his two-week visit, adding that many of his patients were children. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/12) - Clinton: Extremists want to control women's lives
In a speech at the Women in the World Summit, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explained how protecting the rights of women and girls around the world was a "strategic imperative." Extremists around the world "are always focusing on women -- the reason is a mystery to me," she said, adding, "It's hard to believe even here at home we have to stand up for women's rights and reject efforts to marginalize any one of us." Watch a video of Clinton's speech. The Daily Beast (3/10) - A peek inside the biodiversity Doomsday Vault
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway -- also known as the Doomsday Vault -- is protecting agricultural biodiversity by storing seed samples as a backup for the world's 1,750 seed banks. Such biodiversity offers the best chances against blights, as well as pests, diseases and climate change. The Economist (3/10) - Clooney visits South Sudan ahead of testimony
Actor George Clooney, who has been working on raising the profile of human rights abuses in Sudan for many years, visited the volatile region of South Sudan ahead of planned testimony to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and meetings with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Daily Beast (3/14) - Invisible Children defends Kony campaign
 A screening in Uganda of the viral YouTube video on rebel warlord Joseph Kony ended in anger and rock throwing by those who have suffered most at the hands of Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. Invisible Children, the U.S. charity that produced the video, defended the the campaign as a means to raise funds, most of which it said it would spend on programs through partner organizations in northern Uganda and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Al-Jazeera (3/14), The Christian Science Monitor (3/13) | | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Campaign Manager | Open Society Foundations | New York , NY | | Leo Nevas Human Rights Fellow | United Nations Foundation | New York City, NY | | mHealth Technical Advisor, Evidence Financing and Policy | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Associate, Online Communications, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Community Manager, mHealth Alliance | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | mHealth Technical Advisor, Technology Integration, Interoperability and Capacity | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Deputy Director, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Communications Director, Better World Campaign | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Raiser's Edge Database Manager | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Shot@Life Campaign | United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
 | - Announcing Rio+Social
As the world's attention turns to Rio+20, the UN's Conference on Sustainable Development taking place this June in Brazil, the organizations that produce the acclaimed Social Good Summit each fall in New York, announced today an innovative partnership and special event called Rio+Social. Rio+Social will take place June 19 in Rio de Janeiro alongside the historic Rio+20 summit. The event brings together the United Nations Foundation, Mashable, 92nd Street Y, Ericsson, and EDP, to create South America's first-of-its-kind in-person gathering and global, online conversation on the potential of social media and technology to power a more innovative and better future for our world. Read the full release from the UN Foundation. Check out the Rio+Social website. Read Aaron Sherinian's blog post on the promise of Rio+Social. |
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