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Feb 35 min read
Data, Data, Data: What's Missing in the Fight for Climate
The big issue I often focus on is climate change and how we can adapt the global economy to a net-zero future to ensure the future.
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Feb 34 min read
Don’t invite us to sit at the table, let us in the kitchen…
The big issue I often focus on is climate change and how we can adapt the global economy to a net-zero future to ensure the future.
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Jan 2713 min read
Pathways to Safety: Improving the Financial Autonomy of Australian Women Leaving Violent Relationships through Accessible Property Settlements
Kaylee Neil, Menzies Foundation Fellow for the UN Commission on the Status of Women Executive Summary Family and domestic violence (FDV)...
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Nov 20, 20244 min read
Israel-Palestine: A Call for Peace through International Humanitarian Law and Multilateralism
By Rooan Al Kalmashi, 2023 Y20 Fellow It was mid-August that I was sitting in a roundtable with young delegates from the G20 countries in...
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Nov 5, 20244 min read
Reflections on the UN Commission of the Status of Women: The Long Road Towards Global Gender Equality
Nobody who has ever set foot inside the United Nations Headquarters in New York City will ever forget it. I can still recall my first tour.
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Nov 5, 20246 min read
Designing policy for impact: to uncover the unseen and unheard
The Canberra Pre-Departure briefings offered an invaluable opportunity to finalise preparations for our upcoming trip to the World Food Foru
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Nov 5, 20243 min read
Ok, But Why?
Ok, but why? Why is there a housing crisis in Australia? Why is wealth inequality an issue? Why is inflation still rising? Why are people pr
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Nov 5, 20244 min read
Phantom of the COPera
I am thrilled to be one of the Global Voices Fellows traveling to Baku, Azerbaijan, to attend COP29 later this year. Amidst all the exciteme
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Nov 5, 20243 min read
Reflections from the Canberra Briefings
I have just returned from an inspiring 3 days in Canberra, the heart of Australian affairs and foreign relations. In Canberra, I was met wit
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Nov 5, 20245 min read
When The River Runs Dry – Debt Servicing, Austerity and Public vs Private Investment.
The International Monetary Fund & World Bank (IMF/WB) annual meeting hosted in Marrakech this year issued a snapshot into the priorities and
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Nov 5, 20244 min read
Challenging Ideas, Shaping Policy: Reflections from the Global Voices Canberra Briefings
By Eliza Chaney, COP29 Fellow In a world increasing shaped by wicked problems – from climate change to geopolitical tensions – engaging...
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Nov 3, 202415 min read
The Food Donation and Waste Reduction Act
Emily Letch-Avenell, Curtin University Executive Summary An estimated 7.3 million tonnes of food waste is produced by Australian...
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Sep 23, 20244 min read
AI for Good, not Evil
Singithi Herath, 2024 AI for Good Fellow When you think of AI, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For me, I used to imagine...
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Sep 23, 20243 min read
The High Level Political Forum: A Reason to be Optimistic
What is the United Nations’ High Level Political Forum (HLPF)? As I was preparing to apply for the Global Voices HLPF Fellowship, I was wond
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Sep 23, 20243 min read
The Role of Scientific Inclusivity in Addressing Climate Change
“What is COP?” That has been the question I have found myself being asked time and time again in this recent chapter of my life. The source
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Sep 17, 20242 min read
Semester 2 Fellows Announced!
The Global Voices Executive Team is delighted to announce the appointment of the Semester Two 2024 Global Voices Fellows.
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Sep 12, 20243 min read
Negotiating health and climate change at COP28
Sri Devarajan, 2023 COP Fellow ‘Why is a Master of Public Health student going to COP28?’ is a question many, including myself, have...
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Sep 9, 20244 min read
Reflections on the Global AI for Good Summit
Going to Geneva earlier this year felt like going to the centre of the world. I’ve never experienced being surrounded by such a diverse grou
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Sep 9, 20243 min read
Surprise learnings from the UN and why more PhD students should engage in policy
My first day at the UN was full of small unexpected learnings. The first occurred quickly, when the President of the Economic and Social Cou
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Aug 15, 202412 min read
Enhancing Indigenous Engagement in Australian Climate Policy
Connor Dane Wright The University of Melbourne Office of Environmental Programs Fellow Executive Summary This paper addresses the...
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