Reaching Out to Youth in the Poorest Regions of India
By Ms. Natasha Kanvinde, MY World 2015 Youth Ambassador. Ms. Kanvinde has collected over 3,000 votes in the past month and she continues to reach out to youth in the poorest regions in India. The annoying ringing of my alarm clock woke me up at 5am on a Friday morning. My unaccustomed system groaned in […]
Vice President of Dominican Republic launches MY World with 50,000 vote commitment
SANTO DOMINGO 11 June 2014 The Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández has launched an initiative to collect 50,000 votes for MY World. She called upon her citizens to join her in voting in what she considers is a transformative human development initiative for the country and the world. “Today […]
JCI Renews Commitment to MY World Campaign
During the 2014 JCI Area Conferences, JCI members took action to engage young active citizens and surrounding community members in the MY World campaign during each of these unique events in Medellin, Colombia (April 23-26), Lome, Togo (May 21-24), Yamagata, Japan (June 4-7) and St. Julian’s, Malta (June 11-14). JCI adopted the Millennium Development Goals […]
Mexico City officially commits to 1 million votes through 3,000 youth ambassadors
Ravi Karkara (UN), Miguel Ángel Mancera (Mayor of Mexico City), María Fernanda Olvera, (Director of INJUVE DF) with youth ambassadors during the Launch of MY World in Mexico City 10 June, 2014 – Mexico City The Government and the Institute of Youth (INJUVE DF) of the City of Mexico formally announced that they have accepted the […]
Yuwalaya and UN Nepal unite to increase votes
The UN in Nepal has teamed up with Yuwalaya, a youth led NGO that has been organizing advocacy events on post-2015 agenda at various schools and universities in Kathmandu as well as working with volunteers to collect offline ballots throughout Nepal. To support the MY World Global Week of Action 5-11 May, Yuwalaya organized several student workshops. Yuwalaya and the youth organizations they worked with set the goal of reaching a total 20,000 votes for Nepal.
People’s Voices on Accountability and the Post-2015 Agenda
In his speech during the Interactive Dialogue: “Elements for a Monitoring and Accountability Framework for the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon commended member states for their commitment to determining the goals and means of financing the next sustainable development agenda. However, he cautioned them on the need for results based goals which […]
Join our Webinar: Global Week of Action Toolkit
MY WORLD Global Week of Action Over 1.7 million people around the world have already had their say at the United Nations. Now, in the Global Week of Action (May 5-11, 2014), we’re aiming for an additional 500,000 votes. Together we can make it happen! WEBINAR: Join next week’s webinar on Tuesday, 22nd of April 2014, 9:00 – 10:00AM EDT to learn more […]
Youth Volunteers in Irbid, Jordan: The World We Want
Irbid Youth Volunteers is a youth initiative that works on training and empowering youth and provides them with the needed experience and skills to create positive change in the community. The have made tremendous efforts through volunteerism. In collaboration with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office in Jordan, they have implemented an initiative […]
The World We Want for Girls, from MDGs to post-2015
12 March 2014 – NEW YORK The United Nations Millennium Campaign and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) co-hosted “The World We Want for Girls, from #MDGs to #post2015 agenda” – a side event during The Commission on the Status of Women, #CSW58. The event was moderated by Amy Graham from WAGGGs. It was live tweeted (twitter.com/@myworld2015 and twitter.com/waggs_delegates), and the […]
Decision makers and influencers present findings and show support for MY World and World We Want Platforms
NEW YORK (5 Mar 2014)- The United Nations Post-2015 One Secretariat highlighted progress and emerging findings from the UN Millennium Development Campaign’s newest platforms to capture citizen’s voices, priorities and views to inform the post-2015 agenda: The MY World survey, and The World We Want, during a side session of the Ninth Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable […]