Data and Development – A Conversation with Peoples’ Voices Challenge Winner, Popily
Throughout the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the UN Millennium Campaign had the pleasure of hosting the Peoples’ Voices Challenge Award Ceremony at the We the Peoples Hub. The Peoples’ Voices Challenge Awards is a celebration of the work of the hundreds of partners at the United Nations who gave voice to those who don’t […]
Visually explore MY World data with Popily
Humans of the world can now visually explore the data from the MY World global survey in new ways. Popily – a data science and visualization company — has uploaded the open data from the survey onto their site, allowing users to further investigate, discuss and understand the survey via thousands of data visualizations. The […]
Lesotho’s MY World campaign launched by youth volunteers
MASERU–As the United Nations in Lesotho celebrated the 69th birthday of the UN with national and international partners last Friday, (October 24) it also formally introduced the Basotho people to MY World 2015, the United Nations Global Survey with the help of the United Nations Volunteers and volunteer-involving organizations like the Rise Up Youth Organization. “We […]
Launch of localized MY World Website in China
Blog by Evonne Tang, Youthink Center China On November 1st, MY World China’s newly improved website, www.myworld2015.cn, was unveiled during the World Youth Forum 2014 annual meeting, organized by MY World Partner, Youthink Center. The localized Chinese website was created in collaboration with Youthink, the UN Millennium Campaign and UNDP. MY World is a global survey for […]
MY World 2015 Launches in Jalisco, Mexico
November 11, 2014 The MY World 2015 global survey is bringing the voices of residents from Jalisco, Mexico to the United Nations by asking them what issues make the most difference in their lives. On 23 September, the UN Millennium Campaign and Corporativa de Fundaciones, A.C. signed a memorandum of agreement to roll out MY World […]
My World 2015 in SIMONU Bogotá 2014
Blog by MY World Youth Ambassador, Julián Rodríguez UNDP Colombia, the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) Bogota and the Secretary of Education of Bogota organized the largest Model UN in Colombia – SIMONU (Simulación de las Naciones Unidas). As a UN initiative, SIMONU was conceived in late 2012 in an effort to bring students together […]
An Honest and Responsive Government – the Role of Citizen Voice
Blog by Caya Johnson, Global Youth Advocate “Throughout history, progress has always been driven by citizens, who have the courage to raise their voices” – US President Barack Obama, Open Government Partnership Side-Event, 24 Sept. 2014 By empowering people around the world to have their priorities heard at the UN, the MY World 2015 Global […]
Data for Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) took place this month from 1 – 4 September, in Apui, Samoa. The overarching theme of the conference was ‘The sustainable development of small island developing States through genuine and durable partnerships’. Six multi-stakeholder partnership dialogues were held in parallel to the plenary meetings. The […]
People Driven Accountability Side Panel Event During 65th Annual DPI-NGO Conference
“An agenda that is built on the priorities of people will be a better agenda – it will respond more to their needs, to their aspirations, and how they want to live their lives.” – Paul Ladd, People Driven Accountability Workshop, DPI-NGO Conference New York City – August 28, 2014 The United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) and the […]
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 […]