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Thought Pieces
2025
The Economic Imperative: Finding Opportunity in Crisis
Dinethi Manatunge reflects on the 2025 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, exploring creative destruction, economic resilience, and how crisis-driven transformation can build more inclusive and sustainable prosperity.
4 min read
Trust: the currency that sustains the global financial system
Tameea reflects on the 2025 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, exploring how trust underpins global finance, emerging technologies, investment flows, and the legitimacy of multilateral institutions.
4 min read
My Biggest Take Away from Belém is the Very Issue COP30 Overlooked: Fossil Fuels
Clare Lagan reflects on COP30 in Belém, examining civil society protests, Indigenous exclusion, fossil fuel influence, and emerging global momentum toward a just transition away from coal, oil and gas.
4 min read
Permission vs. Pressure - What COP30 Taught Me About Structural Change
Pearl Mitchell reflects on attending COP30 as a marine scientist, exploring Indigenous leadership, youth disruption, and how science, community pressure, and shared responsibility shape more inclusive global climate action.
3 min read
Unapologetically Young: A Global Voices Reflection
Elannah Young reflects on overcoming imposter syndrome through the World Food Forum, highlighting the power of youth leadership, Global Voices, and empowering young people to drive agrifood systems change now.
4 min read
Retracing My Roots: Southeast Asian Representation at the World Food Forum
Indigo and Elly talk about leadership transitions, the polycrisis and taking the "long way" into international relations via seasonal firefighting and Russian fishing trawlers.
2 min read
Who Still Believes in Multilateralism?
The case for multilateralism when it all seems to be going wrong
6 min read
Youth Leadership During The Polycrisis: What is to be done?
Indigo and Elly talk about leadership transitions, the polycrisis and taking the "long way" into international relations via seasonal firefighting and Russian fishing trawlers.
8 min read
Small AI, Big Impact: Reflections from the IMF - World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC
Rohit reflects on how 'Small AI' tools can be used to deliver meaningful social impacts.
4 min read
From the United Nations to the Divided Nations: Learning to advocate within a fractured international legal system
Rayana reflects on how attending the UNGA Sixth Committee shaped her idealistic view of international law
4 min read
A renewed faith in multilateralism
Kaiyin reflects on how their experience at COP30 renewed their belief in international cooperation and multilateralism
3 min read
Economics of Amnesia: Reflections from South Africa
Cooper discusses the limitations of economic orthodoxy.
5 min read
From Perth to New York City: Opening a World of International Law Opportunities
Amelie reflects on the possible career paths within the international diplomacy sphere.
4 min read
Australia’s Empty Seat at the International Food Security Table
Paris Capell reflect on Australia's empty chairs at the United Nations World Food Forum
4 min read
An Ode to Canberra and the Spaces Between
Linda Le reflects on lessons learned in Canberra during pre-depature briefings and the space between.
3 min read
Minorities Within Minorities: The Power of Dissent in Confronting Religious and Spiritual Abuse
Ayesha looks back on CSW and her experiences with religion growing up.
4 min read
The Blossoms of My Lineage: A reflection of my time at the CSW in light of backlash and regression towards Women’s Rights
Maggie reflects on her GV journey to New York City for the Commission on the Status of Women.
4 min read
Unheard Cries: The Lingering Fight Against Violence Toward Women and Girls
Myra reflects on CSW in New York City and how it affects her life and thinking.
3 min read
The Room Where It Happens
Jordyn reflects on her GV journey to New York City for the Commission on the Status of Women + Hamilton!
4 min read
Why Buzzwords Must Not Win This War
Mia reflects on her GV journey so far with the Pre-Departure Briefings in Canberra
4 min read
Raging Against the Machine
Oliver reflects on AI in contrast to 19th-century England Luddites and the use of AI in society today.
3 min read
Among Us: The Canberra Imposter
Adele's GV experience felt like a real-world simulation of Among Us but Amidst the unknown that is AI, there are no imposters among us.
3 min read
2024
On keeping the peace and what goes unsaid
Sydney reflects on how global financial institutions balance neutrality, human rights, and equitable development in shaping the future of the global economy.
5 min read
The Elephant in the Room is Trumpeting: What the United States’s swing toward isolationism means for global economic cooperation.
Alice Sharma reflects on the impact of the 'latent trade policy shift' on the 2024 World Bank & IMF Annual Meeting
3 min read
Nicholas Drew's Crash Course in Koala Diplomacy
Nicholas Drew reflects on soft power and diplomacy at the Y20 summit.
4 min read
Rome, Remote Australia & Realities
Malachai reflects on his experience at the World Food Forum in Rome and how global discussions resonate with the realities of remote Australia.
4 min read
Everything, everywhere, but not everyone, all at once: Reflections on inclusion at COP29
Roman reflects on walking the halls and temporary pavilions of Baku stadium alongside decision-makers and negotiators.
4 min read
Unbound Australian Diplomacy
Leaving the Y20 summit, I felt Australia’s need for a more independent foreign policy was urgent to avoid unintended conflicts.
3 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.
5 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.
4 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
6 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
3 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
4 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
3 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
5 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...
4 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...
4 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
3 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
3 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
3 min read
2023
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...
4 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.
4 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...
3 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
4 min read
Small Voices on the Big Stage: A Personal Journey Through India and the Y20
Written by: Daniel Gao, 2023 Y20 Fellow As the entourage of white vans parted the crowded city streets, I found myself transfixed by the...
3 min read
Australia bidding to co-host COP31 in 2026
Written by Alex Blackborough, 2023 COP Fellow The Australian Government is entering a bid to co-host COP31 in 2026 with the Pacific....
2 min read
Unveiling Greenwashing: CSW 2024 Insights on Women's and Indigenous Land Rights
Written by Meg Yates, 2023 CSW Fellow Attending the 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York was a deeply impactful...
2 min read
Empowering Women in Occupied Territories: A Call for Action in Palestine
Written by Majida Kassem, CSW2023 Fellow As I sit down to reflect on my experience at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), I am...
2 min read
Emily Letch-Avenell - Seizing Opportunities for Growth
Written by Emily Letch-Avenell, 2023 COP Fellow My journey with Global Voices to the National Conference in Canberra was nothing short of...
2 min read
AI Potential in Africa: Reflections from the 2023 IMF & WB Annual Meetings
Written by Julian Garratt, 2023 IMF/WB Fellow Leading into the 2023 World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings...
4 min read
COP28: A Reflection on Networking and Impact
Written by Callum Noone, 2023 COP Fellow In December 2023, I had an incomplete vision of what to expect before attending COP28. While...
3 min read
COP28: Indigenous Voices Swallowed By a Sea of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
Written by: Connor (Djindjabad) Wright, Larrakia man. In the heart of December 2023, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) convened,...
3 min read
2022
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2021
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2020
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