In the bustling city of Kampala, Uganda, amidst the challenges of poverty and limited access to healthcare, a visionary named Andrew Ddembe emerged from humble beginnings with a determination to ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/meet-the-global-citizen-prize-winner-using-digital/
Cancer is not an equal illness. If you get lucky, you’ll whiz through the tests, get an early diagnosis, receive treatment, and live a long and healthy life in remission. But for those living i...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/cancer-is-killing-women-in-the-global-south/
“You cannot put a price on this work. If death happens, it will have been worth dying for.” These are the words of Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole, a Congolese environmental rights defender and law...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/green-lawyer-congo-environment-human-rights/
The global food system has a lot of problems. Powerful companies dominate the market — from seeds to supermarkets — and dictate what farmers grow, how much they're paid, and what consumers ea...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/big-green-bus-tour-empowering-usa-to-grow-food/
Mark your calendars — Global Citizen NOW is almost here. The two-day summit is back for a third year to rally the fight to end extreme poverty. On May 1 and 2, leaders in public policy, busine...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/how-you-can-watch-global-citizen-now-2024/
In the realm of humanitarian work, Sophie Healy-Thow is a force for change and innovation — particularly where nutrition is involved. As the founder of youth-led campaign Act4Food , her aim ha...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/this-2024-global-citizen-prize-winner-is-pioneerin/
After Lydia Charles Moyo quit her job in 2019 to work full-time on Her Initiative — which goes by the same name — it was hard. “We wanted to close down and go home for the first few years. ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/tanzanian-feminist-gender-equality-women/
It has been found in Arctic sea ice , one of the most remote and inhospitable places on the planet; at the bottom of the world’s deepest ocean trench , at thirty-six thousand feet below sea lev...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/facts-plastic-pollution-health/
Pacific Islands, such as Fiji, face numerous challenges due to climate change despite contributing less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions. These challenges include extreme weather eve...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-citizen-prize-winner-vishal-prasad-fiji/
The Global Gamers Challenge has brought together people from all over the world with a shared goal: to harness the power of gaming for global change with Flutter. As the competition reaches its c...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-gamers-challenge-top-20/
The UK government has been caught trying to pass off aid that it sends to war-torn and poor countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia as “climate finance,” even though these projects ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/uk-aid-climate-finance-500m/
A growing awareness of — and anxiety over — the plastic pollution crisis has prompted many attempts at solutions: educational campaigns , global movements , bans and phase-outs (of bottles , ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/plastic-production-fossil-fuels-health/
The world’s biggest issues are getting more and more urgent by the day, and we need leaders to step up and prevent the worst from happening. With just six years until the UN’s 2030 deadline t...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/g20-leaders-petition-spring-meetings-2024/
Fossil fuel plastic (that’s most plastic by the way) is everywhere: hospitals, schools, supermarkets, homes, computers, phones, appliances, and more. It’s versatile, cheap, and durable — a...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-plastics-treaty-explainer-fossil-fuels/
In today's world, where issues like food insecurity, gender inequity, and climate change abound, it's hard to know if you're doing enough to make a change. But amidst these challenges, there are ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/2024-global-citizen-prize-cisco-youth-leadership/
Water is one of the most vital resources the world has, and as the climate crisis slowly sips the earth dry of the finite resource, out-of-the-box innovations are the key to making sure those in ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/cisco-youth-leadership-award-ricardo-alba-torres/
Does the term “child marriage” conjure images of young brides in Bangladesh or Uganda? That would be understandable, as those are among the countries with the world’s highest rates of under...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/yes-child-marriage-exists-in-the-us-heres-why-and/
In honour of Women's History Month this year, Verizon, in partnership with Global Citizen, spotlighted extraordinary women – from historic leaders to personal connections – who inspire change...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/celebrating-womens-voices-verizon-community-leader/
As we solemnly mark the 30th commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, our hearts ache with the weight of the atrocities endured by this resilient nation. It stands as a stark re...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/reflecting-on-resilience-commemorating-30-years-si/
Dear Global Citizens, For the first time in a generation we are seeing an increase of extreme poverty as a result of major world challenges like economic instability, rising inflation, the clim...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-citizens-uk-development/
Each day, millions of people around the world face the daily struggle of poverty, which often means making tough decisions on things that can have big consequences — like choosing between food...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/extreme-poverty-definition-statistics-rate/
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that at least 1.5 million girls under 18 are married off in India, and that nearly 16% of adolescent girls aged 15 - 19 in the country are ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/child-marriage-activist-protecting-children-india/
Fraidy Reiss is the founder/executive director of the survivor-led nonprofit Unchained at Last , which is dedicated to ending child and forced marriage in the US, which is shockingly still legal ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/how-unchained-at-last-is-working-to-end-child-marr/
Global Citizen NOW , the influential summit dedicated to ending extreme poverty, is making its return to New York City for its third consecutive year on May 1 and 2. This year’s event promises ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-citizen-now-prize-return-to-new-york-heres/
For four years, up until December 2023, Feda Baeza (Buenos Aires, 1978) was the director of Palais de Glace , Argentina’s Palace of the Arts — a government-run exhibition space and arts insti...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/how-art-has-saved-my-life/
Indigenous communities of varying sizes, regions, and cultural traditions are under attack. Faced with displacement from ancestral lands , loss of cultural traditions, and structural racism and d...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/ipri-organization-helps-indigenous-peoples-justice/
On March 27, 2014, India was officially certified polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO). Thanks to an aggressive and adaptable vaccination campaign that lasted years and reach...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/10-years-ago-india-was-declared-polio-free-heres-w/
We need water. Not just in the sense that we need it to quench our thirst or wash our laundry – those things are important, of course, but more than anything, we need water to survive. The ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/how-pg-is-working-to-revitalize-critical-water-res/
In the ongoing efforts to preserve our planet's forests, sobering statistics shed light on the magnitude of this challenge. "There are more than 5 billion trees that are cut down every singl...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/how-canopys-partnership-with-cisco-foundation-keep/
“I bled and bled again, until I felt there was no more blood in my body.” Age 65, Pascasie Nyirahirwa slipped into a coma and was rushed to the nearest hospital in Cyangugu, southwestern Rw...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/cervical-cancer-rwanda-hpv-vaccine/
By Mark Zeitoun , Professor of Water Security at University of East Anglia . Water nourishes, cleanses, and even inspires the poetry and painting so desperately needed by our modern and rush...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/water-weapon-in-warfare-opinion/
In a world where global challenges feel overwhelming, let’s redirect our energy towards taking meaningful action, step by step. Together with Aéropostale and Global Citizen, dive into the ulti...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/unlock-your-influence-with-this-must-know-guide-2/
Climate change disproportionately impacts vulnerable communities in Global South countries, including women and girls , farmers, those living in poverty , children , and indigenous communities ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hertiage-sites-conflict-climate-change/
There’s a civil war in Sudan that’s been ongoing for about a year. Here’s what’s happening: The Northeast African nation has been in the throes of civil war since April 15, 2023. The ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sudan-crisis-facts-humanitarian-aid/
In March 2015, just over nine years ago, the then-UK Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Spring Budget. In a moment of history applauded by the world, Osborne pledged help for the world’...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/uk-budget-2024-aid-jeremy-hunt/
Impact is created when people, leaders, and activists unite to take action for a common cause. And from March 5-6, the dynamic Global Citizen NOW summit returned for its third year, this t...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-citizen-now-melbourne-the-biggest-moments-d/
In the history of Black people in the US, there are iconic moments that may come to mind, such as Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Rosa Park’s brave act on the bus in refusin...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/black-history-photographers-iconic-moments/
The world is currently facing numerous ongoing conflicts , with the most vulnerable populations bearing the brunt of wars, the climate crisis, and poverty. Bob Marley. Nina Simone. Public Enemy...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/social-justice-anthems-music-protest-songs/
Civic space in Sudan is considered repressed according to the CIVICUS Monitor and as a result the country has seen ongoing pro-democracy protests since October 2021. Among the issues raised by c...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/i-am-a-climate-diplomat-and-here-is-why-i-think-th/
There’ve long been debates and opinions on whether journalists should be considered activists, a lot of the time the answer is no . This makes sense because, unlike activists, journalists hav...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/journalism-risks-activism-civic-space-opinion/
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Tom Cruise and French President Emmanuel Macron have nothing in common. But when, in June 2023, Macron rallied nations to tackle climate and global crises ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/france-macron-oda-budget-cuts/
Together with other international civil society organisations, Global Citizen is calling for a redesign and upgrade of the world’s financial system. In a world rocked by crises, trillions that ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/g20-finance-ministers-oda-climate/
Around the world, young people are making incredible strides in their communities to advance education, improve gender equity, and end extreme poverty—so what if we could scale up their solutio...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/youth-leadership-awards-sdgs/
In today’s world, the potential of one person taking action to make a positive change in their community has never been more important. Faced with issues like climate change and social ineq...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/youth-leaders-awards-climate/
While Saudi Arabia has attempted to undergo a PR makeover in recent years — owing to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s gradual opening up of his country to global leaders and foreign invest...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/alqst-saudi-arabia-human-rights-organization/
Sometimes, if things aren't going your way, it's better to do things a little differently. And across the Asia-Pacific — a region facing numerous global crises — these 32 newly selected ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/2024-global-citizen-youth-leaders-awards/
Global Citizen is returning to Australia for the first edition of Global Citizen NOW in Melbourne on 4-6 March 2024, more than a decade after the movement to end extreme poverty was founded there...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/globalcitizennow_melbourne_announcement/
The noise of governance and politics is endless: voices boom through microphones making declarations, speakers blare with upbeat music to gather voters, TVs buzz with interviews of promises, and ...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/corruption-africa-press-freedom-journalists/
Together with organisations like ALQST, Global Citizen is asking for Saudi Arabian authorities to adopt the human rights recommendations issued by UN member states at the Universal Periodic Revie...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/global-citizen-open-letter-saudi-human-rights/
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a worldwide problem, and if we continue to view it as anything other than that, then we can kiss the UN’s Global Goal for gender equality goodbye. It’s...
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/fgm-on-everyones-agenda-global-north-and-south/