UN Secretary-General António Guterres received an honorary degree from the New School university in New York City on Feb. 17. He spoke at length on “women and power,” blaming patriarchy for the ...

Giovanna Marques Kuele is a research assistant with Instituto Igarapé, a think tank in Rio de Janeiro that deals with international security and development issues. Adriana Erthal Abdenur is an ...

Just days before the COP26 environment summit in Glasgow, Scotland, three of the United Nations’ lead agencies on climate and development each published alarming reports. The World Meteorological ...

Hayley Willingale is a human-rights expert based in London who specializes in women's rights. She has written for and edited a range of publications in recent years, covering international development ...

In February 2020, just weeks before New York City and much of the world went into lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we and our fellow ambassadors at the United Nations began six months of ...

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is a professor at The New School's Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs, where she specializes in development. From 1995 to 2004, she led the United Nations ...

Melanne Verveer is director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She was formerly US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues and worked at the center of the work of the US ...

Abdellatif El Hamamouchi is a Moroccan researcher of political science and an investigative journalist. He was given the Freedom of Expression and Media Award in North Africa for 2023 from the Article ...

Stéphanie Fillion is a New York-based reporter specializing in foreign affairs and human rights who has been writing for PassBlue regularly for a year, including co-producing UN-Scripted, a new ...

WINNIPEG, Canada — Every new immigrant to Canada has to live through the three stages of acculturation, which for most people is not easy. First comes the thrill and joy of exploring a new land, then ...

Ellen Marshall is a partner in Partners in Good Works Group, a consulting firm that works with NGOs. She worked with Adrienne Germain for 20 years, including in negotiations for the International ...

Vlad Lupan is an independent expert and former ambassador of Moldova to the UN.