Global coalition poised to overhaul financing for young leaders

Together with the United Nations Foundation, the Unlock the Future Coalition recently announced the Funders Collective – a new initiative designed to transform how we support children and young people in tackling the world’s biggest challenges. The Funders Collective is more than a typical funding initiative. It’s designed to reshape the financing landscape by breaking down systemic barriers through financing, research, data, and influence. With a bold focus on flexible, multi-year funding, it’s tailored to the real needs of young people and youth-led organisations, especially those in the Global South,…

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Lenovo’s New Realities Project Features 10 Groundbreaking Young Women Changing the World Championed by United Nations Foundation Initiative Girl up and Filmmaker Ava DuVernay

Lenovo, championed by Girl Up, the gender equality initiative of the United Nation Foundation (UNF), and filmmaker Ava DuVernay, launches New Realities – a dynamic artistic project celebrating women who are using technology to showcase global social issues and empower empathy. New Realities features immersive, first-person cinematic experiences that give a voice to difference-making women in 10 markets around the world during a time of global upheaval in the COVID-19 pandemic and ahead of International Day of the Girl (celebrated on Sunday, October 11). The project comes off the heels…

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Walgreens Helps Provide 50 Million Lifesaving Vaccines in Collaboration with the United Nations Foundation

Walgreens and the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign have announced that the Walgreens Get a Shot. Give a Shot. program has helped provide 50 million lifesaving vaccines to children around the world since its inception in 2013.  Walgreens hs also stated it hopes to provide 50 million additional vaccines by 2023. Through the Get a Shot. Give a Shot. program, which is currently in its seventh year, for every immunization administered at Walgreens, the company donates the value of a vaccine to the UN Foundation. During the 2019-2020 period, Walgreens…

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United Nations Foundation and Gap Inc. Join Forces for Fourth Year to Support Global LGBTI Equality

On this years International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, global apparel retailer Gap Inc. and the United Nations Foundation announced that they will once again partner during Pride Month in June to raise awareness and funds for UN Free & Equal, a global campaign of the United Nations Human Rights Office to promote equal rights and fair treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people globally. This year marks the fourth consecutive year of the partnership, which has so far raised nearly $300,000 for UN Free &…

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Kate Hudson’s Fabletics To Launch Girl Almighty Capsule Collection To Support The United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up

Fabletics is excited to announce a limited-edition global capsule collection to benefit the United Nations Foundation‘s Girl Up initiative. For over a year and a half, Fabletics and Girl Up have joined forces to support their unified mission to make girls leaders of tomorrow through the empowerment of girls worldwide. Since its launch in 2010, Girl Up has funded United Nations programs that promote the health, safety, education, and leadership of girls globally and has built a community of over half a million passionate advocates. The Girl Almighty themed capsule…

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