Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group, and UNICEF today launched a three-part podcast series, Learning to Overcome, that feature discussions with educators, innovators and entrepreneurs on strategies for ensuring equitable access to quality remote learning and supporting students’ well-being through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

In the Takeover Summit organized in Finland where young women and girls "take over" the power to celebrate UN’s International Day of the Girl, young activist Aava Murto was for one day the Prime Minister.

European Commission announces that it will issue its forthcoming EU SURE bonds of up to €100 billion as social bonds. To that end, the Commission has adopted an independently evaluated Social Bond Framework. This Framework is meant to provide investors in these bonds with confidence that the funds mobilised will serve a truly social objective.

The report recommends that all actors must prioritise gender equity throughout their strategies for economic and financial recovery, climate policies and humanitarian response. This means including women and girls in decision-making at all levels, shifting focus towards policies and measures that prioritise women and girls and strengthen gender equity, and engaging in organisational culture change