What is it?

S4G, the un-mediated, not moderated social platform

Have you ever thought you have something to “express” with a social dimension but never had the opportunity to do it?

Then S4G is what you are looking for:

  • Open, unrestricted and easy to use
  • Three mediums to choose from: TEXT, VIDEO, PHOTO
  • A way to express your ideas, reflections and expertise, on social issues and broader development and society at large
  • You do not need to be an expert but just passionate about what you share

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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.

30 Million People could die if emergency food supply is stopped, WFP chief

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In an interview to the Globe and Mail, one of the premier Canadian dailies, David Beasley, executive director of theWorld Food Program, WFP and former American politician, says that 30 millions people could die of starvation due to the covid 19.

Press Release: NAMI Calls on Congress to Respond to the Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Caused By the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness, is calling the Congress to address mental health crisis.

From the ILO: Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout

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The International Labor Organization highlights five reasons why young workers are going to be more affected by the pandemic: 1) Lack of experience in relation to senior/more experienced employees, 2) Young people work in the informal economy, they can't just take some days off, 3) Many youth are in part time, less protected and paid jobs, 4) Young people work in industries affected 5)Automation

PRESS RELEASE: Protecting the most vulnerable children from the impact of coronavirus: An agenda for action

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"Without urgent action, this health crisis risks becoming a child-rights crisis." " Global coordination is urgently needed to prevent this health crisis from becoming a child-rights crisis."

Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the EU coordinated action to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences

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"The European budget will be the mothership of our recovery.And for that reason, the next seven year budget must be different to what we had imagined, just as Spinelli said. We will use the power of the whole European budget to leverage the huge amount of investment we need to rebuild the Single Market after Corona." Focus also on linking the recovery with the European Green Deal

From the World Food Program: COVID-19 - Potential Impact on the World's Poorest People

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"COVID-19 in rich and poor countries are two starkly diff erent realities but connected by the thread of globalization and humanity. The only real hope for many is availability of aff ordable testing and treatment"

PRESS RELEASE: Call to Action: Now and the Future, COVID-19 and Gender Equality, Global Peace and Security

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The ‘Call to Action: Now and the Future, COVID-19 and Gender Equality, Global Peace and Security’ paper addresses the deeply gendered impact of COVID-19.

PRESS RELEASE: Children at increased risk of harm online during global COVID-19 pandemic ( UNICEF)

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Newly released technical note aims to help governments, ICT companies, educators and parents protect children in lockdown

A Letter to my sister Deanne Joi Rosenkrantz

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This is a letter to my sister who left this earth in 1984 when she was 25.

PRESS RELEASE: UNITED WITH AFRICA: WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS COVID EPIDEMIC IN AFRICA (

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World leaders call for an urgent debt moratorium and unprecedented health and economic aid packages.

Press Release: European roadmap shows path towards common lifting of containment measures

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The European Commission, the executive branch of the EU is coming up with a road map, a set of criteria that should help the member states to decide when to ease the lock down. Here the key criteria to decide: 1) spread of the disease has significantly decreased and stabilised for a sustained period, 2) Sufficient health system capacity, 3) Appropriate monitoring capacity

PRESS RELEASE: Sanofi and GSK join forces to fight COVID-19 BY EMMA WALMSLEY, CEO, GSK

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Sanofi and GSK announced on 14 April 2020 that they will work together on the development of a new, adjuvanted vaccine for COVID-19.Once a vaccine will be developed, the two companies, two of the biggest pharma companies in the world, will be able to produce hundred of billions of vaccine and they are committed not to profit from this initiative.

PRESS RELEASE: THE UN WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF TOURISM IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

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The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of recommendations calling for urgent and strong support to help the global tourism sector not only recover from the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19 but to ‘grow back better’.

PRESS RELEASE: £100 million response announced to help social sector organisations through the coronavirus crisis in UK

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New lending facilities will provide much-needed finance to charities and social enterprises, and small businesses in disadvantaged parts of the UK

PRESS RELEASE: The First 100 Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Asia and the Pacific: A Gender Lens

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This report presents a snapshot of the gender dimensions of the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic and captures promising practices for integrating gender in preparedness and response planning while proposing potential and entry points to mitigate the socio-economic impacts for women and girls in the region.

Peace and the pandemic: the impact of COVID-19 on conflict in Asia ( BY Adam Burke, DEVPOLICY BLOG)

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According to Adam Burke, The Asia Foundation’s director of Conflict and Fragility, " makes existing conflicts in Asia less predictable". The Author analyzed some trends in the region, showing how conflicts can get exacerbated by covid. The Author also highlights how "Coordination and collaboration, two essential elements in addressing a pandemic, are especially hard to achieve in conflict zone".

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