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A new 5-year guarantee through Pledge Guarantee for Health (PGH) has the potential to unlock immense private sector financing, accelerating efforts to achieve MDGs. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Today, leading global health and development experts from the public and private sectors are joining forces at the 2013 GBCHealth Conference to announce a new partnership that will leverage private sector funding to speed up delivery and access to life-saving health supplies such as...
The United Nations Foundation today welcomed the launch of the Sustainable Energy Network Ghana (SENG). Accra, Ghana (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 The United Nations Foundation today welcomed the launch of the Sustainable Energy Network Ghana (SENG). SENG is a network established to support the work of decentralized energy service providers in Ghana; serve as a platform to influence policy, increase advocacy for renewable energy; and strengthen the work of companies and non-profits delivering...
Migration for majority of girls leads to greater autonomy and prosperity; Strong safety nets needed WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 The Population Council today released Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls & Migration in the Developing World, examining the social and economic drivers of internal migration for adolescent girls in developing countries, and the links between migration, risk, and opportunity. The report focuses on the ways in which rural-to-urban migration...
The United Nations Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, BabyCenter, The Huffington Post, 92nd Street Y, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation host the first-ever conference bringing together mothers, experts, and leaders in the community to address some of the world’s biggest issues. Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 As Mom+Social, the only one-day conference celebrating mothers who are making a difference globally, wrapped up last week in New York City, thousands of the brightest...
Arianna Huffington, Elizabeth Gore, Jennifer Lopez, Lynda Lopez and other leading voices join global "virtual relay" to help improve the health and well-being of mothers and children worldwide WASHINGTON, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mothers around the globe are mobilizing their voices and their social networks as one of the most powerful forces for positive change for women and children in today's world. Starting tomorrow, on International Women's Day, moms and their...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Nations Foundation today named Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods, INC (LWAY) as a member of its Global Entrepreneurs Council (GEC), a group of leading innovators dedicated to helping the Foundation apply an entrepreneurial approach to its mission of helping the United Nations solve global problems. The 2013-2014 Council is comprised of 10 of today's leading entrepreneurs under the age of 45, and draws from multiple industry...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the United Nations Foundation, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Tribal Brands, Inc. and members of the entertainment industry will unite to celebrate the launch of mPowering Action, a first-of-its-kind worldwide movement and mobile platform designed to inspire, empower and motivate a generation of global citizens to take positive action in their communities, for their families and for themselves. Co-hosted by actress / UN Youth and Girl Up...
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BlogFrog, (www.theblogfrog.com) the industry leader for influencer marketing technology, today announced it has received the Forrester Groundswell Award in the Business-to-Consumer Social Impact category. The fast-growing start-up was recognized by Forrester Research Inc. for the Million Moms Challenge campaign, a joint effort by ABC News and the United Nations Foundation (UNF) that generated more than 30 million social media...
Global family-entertainment giant and its fabulous WWE® Divas will help spread the buzz about preventing malaria to 115 million social media followers and fans New York, NY (PRWEB) October 01, 2012 The United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign announced an exciting new alliance with WWE at the 2012 Social Good Summit to help spread the buzz about the fight against malaria to WWE fans across social media. At the Social Good Summit this past weekend, UN Foundation Vice...
Thousands help summit span the globe - from hubs in New York, Nairobi and Beijing with meet ups in nearly 300 cities from Madrid to Mogadishu. NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year's Social Good Summit sparked a record-setting global conversation on using social media and technology for good. The summit united people participating online and in-person in nearly 300 cities, including New York, Beijing, and Nairobi, around one goal: unlocking the potential of...
