Celebrating 1.6 Million MY World Votes from Mexico City
By Di Cao – Global Youth Advocate at the UN Millennium Campaign Answering the United Nations Secretary-General’s call, MY World was developed with one clear goal in mind —to reach out to people all over the world— and ask them: “What would make your life better?” As an integral part of the UN’s “global conversation” initiative, […]
IMAGINE a World Where Every Voice Counts – Celebrating 7 Million Voices
12 December 2015, NEW YORK “Let’s stand for the world as it SHOULD be. That’s what the 7 Million Voices are telling us” – Deputy UN Secretary-General Jan Eliasson Last week, the MY World global survey achieved its 2014 goal of reaching 7 MILLION people around the world! Thanks to the dedication and hard work […]
UN Belarus marks International Day of Disabilities by collecting MY World votes
(English below) Originally posted on UN in Belarus— Written by Dasha Mironova, photos by Carolina Poliakova 3 снежань 2014 Вчера, в Международный день инвалидов, команда ООН побывала в гостях в маленьком, но таком интересном мире – в Белорусском обществе глухих. Мы пришли поговорить с людьми, которых обычно не слышат, об их приоритетах и проблемах, которые их волнуют. […]
People’s Voices & UNSG Post-2015 Agenda Synthesis Report: add your comments through UNNGLS
4 December 2014 NEW YORK – The UN Secretary-General released the post-2015 Synthesis Report, in an Informal Briefing to the General Assembly. The unedited version is available online here in English only. It will be available in all official languages at the end of this month. Article 37 mentioned MY World and the World We Want as […]
68th President of General Assembly’s High-Level Stock-taking Event – a participatory approach
“Our work must remain open and transparent so that we hear the voices of all” -Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General September 11, 2014, NEW YORK Blog by Caya Johnson, Global Youth Advocate The President of the General Assembly’s High-Level Stock-Taking event on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, held on the 11th […]
Road to Rights Launches the #MYWorldStreetCampaign
By Ashan Perera, Road to Rights The Road to Rights (R2R) is a youth-led movement initiated in 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with the intention of promoting human rights education and awareness. It has a wide-spread global network within 14 different countries in Asia and Africa, with chapters in Sri Lanka , Nepal, Bangladesh , India […]
YOUTHFIM Aims to collect 100,000 Votes in Democratic Republic of Congo
By Benjamin Buyemere, Youthfim Program Coordinator. With a profound desire to allow participation and also to make the global campaign “MY World” well known for a large group people, youth gathered in the Youth Forum on ICPD and MDGs, “YOUTHFIM” have set the target of reaching more disadvantaged people, by meeting them in public markets, in […]
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 […]
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 […]