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

Latest Sharings

25 April, 2024

Shaping and Co-creating a Future of Prosperity and Sustainability with Young People (UN UNIVERSITY EVENT)

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ONLINE: On 11 July 2023, UNU will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Dr. Kunihiko Hirabayashi, Secretary General of the ASEAN-Japan Centre. Time 11 Jul 2023, 18:00 - 19:00 Asia/Tokyo

IISD Webinar: Thursday, 6 July 2023 What to Expect at the HLPF? Building Momentum Towards the SDG Summit and Beyond

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This webinar offers a chance to learn from experts in government, civil society, and academia who will unpack the main expectations at this year’s HLPF, including reviewing the main findings from two reports that will inform the SDG Summit: the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023, and the report by the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective and Inclusive Global Governance.

Indonesia: Condemnation on the Criminalisation against Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia

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Jakarta, 6 March 2023 — The International Civil Society Organization would like to express our concern as well as condemning to the spillover of the escalating defamation case of Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, which targeted human rights defenders in Indonesia, Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar.

Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

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CDB, FDS Africa, IDB Invest, Risk Control, University Freiburg & University of Leeds selected to help increase efficiency and innovation in the world’s development finance system

HRW: More than 70 Countries Pledge to Strengthen Right to Free Education

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Statement at UN Supports Free Education from Preschool through Secondary. Post written by Bede Sheppard Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division.

Michael R. Bloomberg and Sadiq Khan launch US$ 30 million Breathe Cities initiative to take clean air global

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Launch of Breathe Cities boosts London Climate Action Week with Bloomberg Philanthropies committing US$ 30 million to turbocharge cities to reduce air pollution, cut carbon emissions, and improve public health.The initiative will take Mayor Khan’s visionary work to tackle air pollution in London global – one of his top priorities as Chair of C40.

London Climate Action Week 2023 24 June - 2 July 2023

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London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is harnessing the power of London for global climate action. The annual event brings together the city's world-leading array of climate professionals and communities. Now in its fifth year, LCAW creates space for participants to come together and find global solutions to climate change.

A blueprint for a better future (Britain): Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

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Britain needs a new plan. The Future of Britain demands a new era of invention and innovation. Yet the state is no longer fit for purpose, with people paying higher taxes for less effective public services. Incremental improvements won’t deliver the fundamental change we need. The status quo is unsustainable.

Incoming Thai government must enact refugee-friendly policies, Southeast Asian MPs say

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JAKARTA, 28 June 2023 – The incoming Thai government must heed calls from civil society to reform policies on refugees to be more compassionate and in line with international human rights standards, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said today.

OXFAM: The Sex Truck, and women on the move

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A mobile reproductive health clinic in Colombia is delivering more than birth control.

WOMEN WIN: Engaging men to advance women’s economic outcomes

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What are the successes of engaging men to positively advance women’s economic outcomes?

People Powered: Are you seeking to launch a participatory program for climate action or digital policy?

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People Powered is coming up with two capacity building opportunities, the Climate Democracy Accelerator (CDA) and the Digital Democracy Accelerator (DDA).

International Anti-Corruption Conference to be held summer 2024 in Lithuania

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Lithuania will host the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), the world’s largest independent global forum in the fight against corruption next year. The 21st iteration of the IACC will take place from 18 to 21 June in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Data and Learning in Collective Impact July 11 & 13, 2023 - Online

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This workshop is split into two parts: a half-day workshop on July 11 and a 90-minute session on July 13 where participants can engage with faculty in further Q & A and peer discussion. Registration closes July 7, so register soon to save your spot.

Don't Miss IAVE's Youth Focused Mid-Summer Webinars: Youth Volunteering & Wellbeing & Evidence into Action Learning from Research

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This week IAVE is hosting "Youth Volunteering and Youth Wellbeing: Exploring How Volunteering Can Make a Difference" and in mid-July "Youth Volunteering: Evidence into Action Learning from Research" with GNVL member Volunteer Scotland.

Speech: Gender equality – prerequisite and catalyst for progress

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Opening statement of UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Annual Session of the Executive Board, 19 June 2023

Shift’s Analysis of the EU Commission’s Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

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N 23 FEBRUARY 2022, the European Commission released its ‘PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE. Its overall objective is to ensure that companies active in the internal market contribute to sustainable development …through the identification, prevention and mitigation, bringing to an end and minimization of potential....

World of Work Summit Let’s bend the arc of history in favour of social justice, says ILO Director-General

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At the World of Work Summit, the ILO’s Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, advocated the need for a new social contract driven by solidarity and fairness.

Living Wages: Now is out (By Dr Shelley Marshall )

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“The findings in this book provide a cause for hope, as they show that there are already labour law experiments on local and national levels that have resulted in increased wages and better labour conditions for workers. Based on this, I suggest a bold international campaign to promote a global living wage and regulate work in supply chains.”

Total Energies remains silent on human and territorial rights violations against Kichwa organisations in San Martin over Cordillera Azul carbon credits

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The French oil giant has still not provided a justification to the Kichwa people for how the purchase of more than $84 million dollars’ worth of carbon credits has contributed to the dispossession they have experienced by the imposition of the exclusionary conservation of the Cordillera Azul National Park (PNCAZ) in the San Martin region.

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