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Digital abuse crosses the screen as gender-based violence becomes a human rights crisis
New data expose how unchecked online harassment, AI misuse and legal gaps are driving real-world harm against women and girls
Editorial Team SDG5
4 days ago5 min read
The right to disappear
A practical look at consent, AI and the right to be forgotten, and how to delete your digital footprint online
Editorial Team SDG16
6 days ago4 min read
FAO tightens transparency standards for hunger indicators
2025-26 move strengthens data validation for PoU and FIES, aiming to steer funding and policy with greater precision
Editorial Team SDG2
Jan 293 min read
Africa at the World Economic Forum 2026: civil society perspectives on global dialogue and development impact
Why Africa is closely watching Davos 2026, and what the continent expects from global leadership in a fragmented world
Edwin Ochola
Jan 283 min read
Global education challenges 2026: the SDG 4 funding gap & AI's equity paradox
UNESCO's Intl. Education Day 2026 focuses on youth co-creation amidst a $97bn annual funding deficit
Editorial Team SDG4
Jan 243 min read
Global focus on access to justice defines CSW70 agenda
The 70th session will unite nations to strengthen equality before the law and expand women’s access to fair justice systems
Editorial Team SDG16
Jan 212 min read
The horizon of parity: light and shadow on the path to global equality in 2026
Political progress rises, yet the world remains far from closing its economic and social divides
Editorial Team SDG5
Jan 103 min read
Beijing Agenda 2030 and the political test of gender equality delivery
A six lever framework aiming to convert long standing commitments into measurable equality outcomes by 2030
Editorial Team SDG5
Jan 93 min read
The end of dismissal by algorithm
Europe sets binding safeguards to keep human judgement at the centre of AI driven work by 2026
Editorial Team SDG8
Jan 72 min read
Elections under force and fear test the meaning of democracy
Low turnout, digital surveillance and repression in Myanmar reveal how voting has become a tool of control rather than consent
Editorial Team SDG16
Jan 23 min read
Reducing inequality must move to the centre of global action
Why prioritising SDG 10 is now critical for stability, growth and fair sustainability
Editorial Team SDG10
Jan 13 min read
Last day of the year: when change did not come from governments
An end-of-year reflection on real progress driven by people and civil society, one Sustainable Development Goal at a time.
Editorial Team SDG17
Dec 31, 20254 min read
Year in review: twelve stories that shaped 2025
A month-by-month selection of the most meaningful shifts, voices and ideas featured on Global Society News.
Editorial
Dec 30, 20258 min read
Strategic UN partnership drives sustainable development innovation
Indonesia launches new cooperation framework to accelerate SDG progress through finance, data, and policy alignment
Editorial Team SDG17
Dec 26, 20253 min read
Digital power, inclusion, and the global society: Patrick Lumumba’s peer interview with Edwin Ochola
A conversation on digital inclusion, African leadership, and building an inclusive global society through connection and shared responsibility.
Patrick Lumumba
Dec 25, 20255 min read
Melting glaciers are rewiring water security
The slow loss of mountain ice is becoming one of the most underestimated risks to global stability
Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 24, 20253 min read
When green slowly turns dark green
A calm reflection on climate actions that, beneath a sustainable narrative, reveal social and environmental costs that cannot be ignored
Editorial Team SDG17
Dec 23, 20254 min read
EPA web revisions spark concern over omission of fossil fuels in climate change explanation
Scientists warn that removing references to fossil fuels from U.S. environmental web pages risks public confusion and weakens climate literacy
Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 22, 20252 min read
Age of disconsent
youth exchange explores political literacy and responsible citizenship across borders
Editorial Team SDG16
Dec 21, 20253 min read
The inequality crisis and the age of ultra-wealth
Why extreme concentration of wealth is testing global fairness and SDG 10
Editorial Team SDG10
Dec 18, 20253 min read
Ai’s quiet drift toward structural inequality
How uneven access to emerging technologies could harden global divides in the decades ahead
Editorial Team SDG10
Dec 15, 20254 min read
Rebalancing power through storytelling: Shenali Rajaratnam’s expanding influence on global leadership
As her network widens, Rajaratnam’s work links digital equity, gender leadership and SDG-aligned collaboration across continents
Editorial Team SDG5
Dec 13, 20253 min read
The launch of the “be hope – end aids” campaign
Global solidarity, innovation and shared responsibility place the end of AIDS within reach
Editorial Team SDG3
Dec 12, 20254 min read
Gender Equality – A foundation for sustainable development and lasting peace
One of the most powerful, yet persistently undervalued, strategies for long-term sustainable development is hiding in plain sight.
Lovisa Ralpher WIN WIN
Dec 11, 20252 min read
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