🌍 Excited to join young people, activists, advocates, and influential voices at the
@UN
Headquarters today for the
#SummitoftheFuture
Action Days! Stay tuned for updates throughout the day as we dive into critical conversations and events shaping
#OurCommonFuture
. 🌱💬
🔔 Get
📣
@AmbMKimani
of Kenya 🇰🇪 has been named the new Executive Director of NYU’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), effective June 3! Amb. Kimani brings great expertise in global diplomacy and peace, set to lead CIC into a new era of impact.
🗞️ More:
The UN Senior Leadership Dashboard is now live, tracking the gender and regional diversity of senior
@UN
appointees. We'll be adding more data to the mix as time goes by to get a fuller picture of the pathways to senior positions at the UN. Find it here:
The Presidents of
@UN_PGA
@UNECOSOC
#UNSC
are engaging in a high-level dialogue on restoring
#multilateralism
on October 31. The event will underscore the power of multilateralism to address the world’s most urgent challenges. Join us!
RSVP at
"The
#PeaceInOurCities
Campaign takes advantage of the power of knowledge & solidarity with one objective: to work together, as cities, to develop best-practices for
#SDG16
." -
@claraluzflores
, Mayor, Escobedo, Mexico
We're excited to announce--with thanks to and in collaboration with
@NYUCGA
--our UN appointments dashboard, which will be live Sept. 2020. It will provide the first-ever systematic tracking of diversity in UN appointments:
@UN_News_Centre
@rickgladstone
“We’re at an important moment where we can join forces among peace builders & governments to learn & share experiences.” -Mayor
@claraluzflores
, Escobedo, Mexico. Thank you Mayor Flores for signing the
#PeaceInOurCities
#SDG16Plus
Action Pledge & joining this historic movement
New
#BlogPost
by CIC non-resident fellow
@pdfish17
examines what is next for humanitarian assistance in the growing humanitarian catastrophe in
#Afghanistan
, and how the international community should continue to respond.
Read the full blog:
Earlier today,
@SDG16Plus
Pathfinders was thrilled to participate in a gathering of city officials and
#PeaceInOurCities
partners in Amman, kicking off a growing movement to share knowledge, and promote action and city leadership in order to halve urban violence by 2030.
The 2021 Conflict Early Warning Workshop is 10 days away! We are thrilled to welcome
@UNDPPA
@UNEP
@ACLEDINFO
@UNUCPR
&
@UU_University
, among others as panel organizers.
🗓️ Register today & be the first to see our agenda, which launches Monday!
We are thrilled to announce the launch of
@SDG16Plus
, the official home to the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, hosted by
@nyuCIC
. Follow us for the latest on
#SDG16Plus
, as we work to accelerate the delivery or
#SDG
targets for peace, justice & inclusion!
"Today, more than ever, it is necessary to advance the coalition for open justice focused on closing the
#justicegap
," says
@german_garavano
, Minister of Justice and Human Rights in
#Argentina
at the Canadian launch of the
#JusticeForAll
report.
Civil society discusses why we must invest in women to
#CommitToSDG16Plus
: “Women are at the forefront of their homes building their families, but also at the forefront of their communities building peace.” - Bianca Pabotoy, Philippines.
@Saferworld
@ipinst
@TAPNetwork2030
H.E Sigrid Kaag at the opening
#JusticeHague19
Conference at the
@PeacePalace
: “We do this for people. This is people-centered approach. Access to justice an issue of rights and it’s an issue of human dignity.”
#SDG16Plus
🏠 “Social change takes time and a lot of effort to happen, but it starts when people get together, understand their common ground, discuss their dissents, and work together towards a collective goal”—
@cabrowns
.
🌟 Meet Carlos, our newest
@AFSEE_LSE
-
@nyuCIC
Visiting Fellow!
💼
In a new blog post,
@Paul_VonChamier
takes a look at how
@FundarMexico
's campaign for transparency around public finances revealed tax privileges benefiting the elite—and created a groundswell of public support for fair taxation that led to major reforms:
It's been 1,211 days since I had the honor to present my credentials as the Permanent Secretary of 🇰🇪 to UN Secretary General
@AntonioGutteres
. Minus weekends, that's 887 working days or about 10,644 working hours. I am thankful for every single minute of this wondrous journey🙏🏿
How do we rethink global financing models to make sure they are more inclusive of women, gender, and a feminist perspective?
The 2020
@UN
#PBAR
provided a range of recommendations on how this can be done, which
@agnieszkafal
synthesizes in our new blog✍️
"The
#multilateral
system is not a 'nice to have'...
It is a necessity."
H.E. Mari Skåre of
@NorwayUN
at "Renewing the Commitment to
#Multilateralism
: A High-level Dialogue of the Presidents of the General Assembly, ECOSOC, and the Security Council"
We're excited to welcome
@sabrina_mahtani
as one of the newest CIC non-resident fellows supporting the
@SDG16Plus
program. Sabrina is a Zambian-British lawyer + independent expert on access to justice for women.
Read more about Sabrina here:
We've just launched the 2023 update to the UN Senior Appointments Dashboard, with some refreshed visualizations on the breakdown by region, income group, and country.
This data update covers
@UN
senior appointments through July 15, 2023.
EXPLORE🌐
CIC staff, fellows, and partners are working to shed light on the policy implications of the global
#coronavirus
pandemic. Here's a regularly updated collection of our articles, blog posts, and policy papers on
#COVID19
:
A breakthrough day at the
#EndViolenceSWE
Solutions Summit today! Read our Senior Fellow
@davidsteven
's reflections on the first day here as co-founder of the
@GPtoEndViolence
:
PC: Government of Sweden/Gow
Now over to
@DrTedros
, Director-General of the
@WHO
, who centers, "solidarity, solidarity, solidarity" in the response to the
#COVID19
#pandemic
, and says the financial gap stands at $25bn, or "what the world spends on cigarettes every two weeks."
Violence spreads through cities like a disease, with patterns of clustering and transmission, and opportunities to treat communities at risk.
Listen to why
@rodrigoguerrerr
, ex-Mayor of Cali, Colombia, approaches violence in this way:
#PeaceInOurCities
~1.8 billion people lack adequate housing, lacking access to basic services like water, electricity, sanitation & land tenure security. In a new blog, a group of experts argue that “these challenges boil down to a denial of
#justice
.” Read:
#JusticeForAll
NYU Center on International Cooperation is delighted to announce that Liv Tørres will be joining us as the new director of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies in January 2020.
Read:
[Rendez-vous] Le
@GEC_CRG
organise un briefing en ligne ce vendredi 22 mai autour de son dernier rapport « Pour l’armée, avec l’armée, comme l’armée ? »
#RDC
▶️Infos pratiques : +243 894 110 542
How unusual allies can help win the argument for tackling inequality: on our blog,
@benphillips76
and
@KelseaMariePym
highlight the example of the Patriotic Millionaires as key advocates for progressive policies in the US
@PatrioticMills
“If we don’t achieve justice for children, and if we are unable to involve them meaningfully in this process, we will fail in our ambition of achieving
#JusticeForAll
by 2030,” writes Kristen Hope of
@tdh_ch
in a new blog.
Read:
#CRC30
#WorldChildrensDay
After a series of consultations with
@UN
staff and member states on the subjects of peacebuilding and violence prevention, we've released a new report on the approach and options needed to operationalize those goals:
@vwyeth
@MAFrancheUN
@CelineDesAlpes
Is the push for collaboration between humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding actors helping end permanent emergencies in countries like Somalia? CIC’s new report, “The Triple Nexus in Practice,” says the progress is real—but there’s a long way to go:
We're just 45 days away from
#SDGSummit2019
— the Olympics of the
#SDGs
. It's time for
#SDG16Plus
community to respond to the call for Acceleration Actions for the SDG Summit, making concrete commitments to peace, justice, and inclusion.
ICYMI, read:
On
#InternationalDayofPeace
, we join
@QuakerUNOffice
& 200+ orgs to reaffirm that violence is never the answer.
"Without peace, development will falter; without justice hope will wither; and without inclusion, we will all be left behind.”
#PeaceDay
Congratulations to
@nyuCIC
’s Marta Bautista Forcada (on the right) and the rest of the team
@NYUCGA
@NYUPeace
, who are sharing the story of their innovative new research with local
#peacebuilders
in Colombia:
🆕Blog
To kick off our new blog series where we will host conversations w/Syrian human rights activists/advocates, CIC's
@hmegally
talks to
@Ahmad_helmi_0
on why an int'l institution to find the missing & disappeared in Syria is urgently needed.
➡️
Day 2️⃣of the #
#Data4Peace
Conference explored the use of data to drive action in peace and humanitarian efforts
📆 Days 3-5 will continue these conversations and hosted virtually on Zoom!
Registration is still available:
📢📢 CIC just launched a new interactive digital tool visualizing 200+ data- & tech-driven global peacebuilding orgs + projects, offering a real-time global picture of the scope of peace work & its use of cutting-edge tech.
#Data4Peace
#EcosystemMap
📊
Today we were thrilled & honored to host
@AlcaldiaPalmira
's Mayor
@SoyOscarEscobar
at our offices following his presentation at a funders roundtable on how to increase funding for urban violence reduction worldwide.
#PeaceinOurCities
#EmploymentOpportunity
: We are looking for a new program associate to join the
@GEC_CRG
, an independent research project based at CIC.
⭐️Read the full job description here:
Save the date–the
#Data4Peace
team is hosting another virtual workshop this December on 'Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding & Prevention."
Interested in presenting your work? Apply by Oct 19 ✏️
General Event Info ▶️
#JustPublished
✍️
@CelineDesAlpes
The
#NewAgenda4Peace
is a key opportunity to give new momentum to nationally led prevention strategies. We look at 4⃣ reasons why these strategies are fertile ground to make progress on the
@UN
prevention agenda
Thread:
@nyuCIC
director
@sarah_cliffe
's remarks to the
#UNSC
on
#COVID19
: “I think we have to accept that the pandemic has exposed fragility in all countries, in our health systems, economic, social and political fabric.”
Task Force co-chair, Hina Jilani: "What we’re looking for is a
#justice
system that has a cumulative impact through the work and energy of different actors to deliver justice."
@TheElders
#WJForum
#JusticeForAll
The
@humdata
team created a new
#Ukraine
🇺🇦 Data Explorer, which brings together
#data
from multiple partners.
🔵 Refugee arrivals
🔵 Internally displaced people
🔵 Civilian casualties
🟡 Conflict events
🟡 Border crossings
🟡 Humanitarian funding
📊➡️
Save the Date!
🗓️ 6/22
⏲️ 10-11am (ET)
We'll be co-hosting our June
#Data4Peace
dialogue with
@SDG16Plus
+
#PiOC
! Join us to explore whether
#SmartCities
are an opportunity or risk for peace in our cities.
Learn more:
Register:
🚨Let’s revolutionize our fight against global violence! 🌍
💡Discover game-changing strategies in our NEW report! 📝, a solutions-packed roadmap to
#HalveGlobalViolence
!
Don't miss out—download now! 👇 👇
We are hiring! Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies (
@SDG16Plus
) is looking for someone to head the Inequality and Exclusion Grand Challenge. The position in NYC-based, but open to international applicants. Apply at the link below:
Tomorrow, the
@OECD
will launch its report on people-centered justice services at a policy round table in Lisbon, building on 2018's Riga Statement.
See why this event, part of the "Year of Justice", is such a crucial part of
#SDG16Plus
:
#JusticeForAll
Read our 2020-2021 Annual Report, an overview of our work in support of the mission to strengthen cooperative approaches among nat'l governments, int'l orgs, + wider policy community—to prevent crises & to advance peace, justice, + inclusion.
Download ➡️
🌍
@nyucic
's Program Director of Inequality and Exclusion
@marani_fernando
spoke with
@rtve
’s
@Sara_Rancano
, shedding light on the significance of the
@UN
Security Council's resolution urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan.
🎤 Interview in Spanish ⬇️
#Peacekeeping
New
#PolicyBrief
from our
#Prevention
+
#HalvingViolence
teams.
"Although currently siloed, the
@UN
system has the capacities & knowledge to develop approaches to prevention that cut across interlinked forms of violence."
Read 📥
We're seeking an intern to support our ongoing
#GENSAC
and
#PeaceInOurCities
initiatives & help launch the movement to halve global violence. The internship will be 10-20hrs/wk & fully remote; preference for applicants from the Global South. Apply here:
Thank you to
@GlobalPluralism
for hosting our high-level roundtable on "Bridging the Divides" yesterday with policymakers + practitioners from Canada, Indonesia, Kenya, Norway, and Spain.
Join this upcoming convo on
#SmartCities
to learn about:
🏙️ navigating the space of smart cities & in between opportunities and challenges
🌆 understanding if smart cities are an ally / enemy of
#PeaceInOurCities
🗓️ 6/22
⏲️ 10-11am (ET)
Register ➡️
It’s time for
#EqualityAndInclusionNow
! 🗺️We have an amazing & diverse speaker line-up hailing from around the globe.
📺Tune into our livestream: BELOW
🧵Follow
@SDG16Plus
for updates throughout!
#HLPF2019
is right around the corner and we need your help populating the
#SDG16Plus
event guide!
Submit your events (by June 7th) to be featured in the
#SDG16Plus
Festival Guide by filling in this google sheet:
In 2018, more than one billion women lacked legal protection from sexual violence by an intimate partner.
During
#16days
, read the
#JusticeForWomen
report to learn how investing in
#JusticeForAll
could help to
#EVAW
:
How are
#peacebuilding
and conflict
#prevention
practitioners putting new data-driven approaches—from crowdsourcing to machine learning—to work? On our blog, CIC deputy director Paige Arthur reports on last month's
#dataforpeace
#D4PS
meeting in The Hague:
🤔 How does violence impact economic costs and
#SustainableDevelopment
?
📅 The upcoming
#SummitOfTheFuture
event, “Beyond the Battlefields: Proven Approaches to Halving Global Violence in Support of the SDGs,” will dive into this topic.
Speakers:
🔸 H.E.
@AmbMKimani
, Executive
🌆 Last week, we celebrated Sarah Cliffe’s 9️⃣-year tenure as our Executive Director at
@ipinst
in
#NYC
. It was a night of reflection, gratitude, and excitement as we welcomed our new Executive Director,
@AmbMKimani
.
🗣️ The event featured insightful speeches from IPI President