AVPN: VENTURE PHILANTROPY CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL- JUNE 8-JUNE 12, 2020

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The Asia Venture Philanthropy Network is organizing is annual conference on line this year. AVPN sees "social investment as a continuum that encompasses everything from philanthropy and venture philanthropy to impact investing, CSR and sustainable investment. We call this the "Continuum of Capital".

Policy Brief: Review of the High-Level Political Forum: towards a pivotal institution coordinating the Decade of Action and Delivery (IDDR)I

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Elisabeth Hege, Damien Barchiche, Lucien Chabason wrote for IDDRI a review on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), the mechanism set up by the UN to monitor the progress of member states towards the implementation of the SDGs.

Violence acceleration during Pandemics

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This article is about the contemporary issues of women and girls gender based violence survivors during pandemic and inefficient responses of authorities.

PRESS RELEASE: Colombia: Indigenous Peoples will die from COVID-19 or from hunger if the state does not act immediately

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If the authorities do not take urgent action, Indigenous Peoples will find themselves at a crossroads facing two unthinkable paths: starve or die of the pandemic Fernanda Doz Costa, deputy Americas director at Amnesty International

Open letter: the EU must not sit idly by while a Member State’s democracy is in jeopardy

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The following letter, signed by 80 MEPs and civil society groups, was sent to the presidents of the European Commission and Council to protest the emergency powers in Hungary.

ONE World: Global pandemic demands global response

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ONE WORLD, the global anti poverty campaign is promoting a a global response that put poor and vulnerable people at the center of all the efforts to fight covid 19 and its consequences.

LETTER FROM 13 EU ENVIROMENT MINISTRIES : The GREEN DEAL SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF EU POST COVID RECOVERY PLAN

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The world is facing an unprecedented crisis. In just a few weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has swept across the world and caused tremendous human tragedy and a historical economic setback of which we still do not know the full impact.

PRESS RELEASE: G20 suspends debt repayments for the world's poorest countries

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"Our efforts must continue and be amplified. We commit to use all available policy tools to support the global economy, boost confidence, maintain financial stability and prevent deep and prolonged economic effects."

PRESS RELEASE: Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

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A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector.

PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement

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Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children, persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees, migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree of socio-economic marginalization.

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