📢SAVE THE DATE | Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth
📆22 April | 9-18:30 CEST | ILO, Geneva
@unrisd.org is a proud supporter of the major international convening initiated by @deschuttero.bsky.social on extreme poverty and human rights.
🔗Register here: ow.ly/N9Y350YI6GI
#BeyondGrowthRoadmap
🔴Reminder: Deadline today!
Send in your applications now: www.unrisd.org/en/about/wor...
💡AUDIENCE REFLECTIONS: Exploring FANON🌍
On 25th Feb., 120+ of you joined us at Palais des Nations for the film FANON to explore decolonization, art & research.
🎥Press play to discover what this moment unlocked!
🔗 www.unrisd.org/sjd2026
#Fanon #SocialJustice
🌍💹 Research meets the market!
We’re proud to announce that our Sustainable Development Performance Indicators are now live on the Vienna Stock Exchange, helping align financial decisions with people, planet, & purpose.
🔎 Read full story here: ow.ly/2lgU50YGu1o
Pic. Credit ©Wiener Börse/Nik Pichler
📢 #DWC2026 explores:
🔹 AI & Data Governance
🔹 AI for Social Protection
🔹 AI for Just Transition
🔹 AI for Art & Culture
🔹 AI for Education & Training
Founded on: Speed Inclusive Innovation, Safety for All, & Sharing Global Gains🌍
→ Register now: www.unrisd.org/dwc
📢 Themes Announced: Digital World Conference 2026
📆 21 April 2026
⏰ 09:00–18:00 CET
📍Room XI, Palais des Nations, UN Geneva
🤝Co-hosted by UNRISD and WDTA
👇Explore the thread to learn more about each theme.
🔗Register here: www.unrisd.org/dwc
️🎙️This week on our #PrinciplesForChange Podcast Spotlight:
“Putting People w/Disabilities at the Heart of Eco-Social Contracts,” w/Natasha Trotman & Monica Pinilla. In this episode, they elaborate on the principle: “Human Rights for All.”
🎧Listen now: ow.ly/Itk550YFBi2
🔵On 31st Mar, at the Global South Coalition for SRHR & Development Justice Launch, Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social stressed how debt & taxation shape progress, drawing on the recent UNRISD research. 250+ joined this vital dialogue for #GlobalSouth leadership!
🔗 srhrdevelopmentjustice.org
🌏 It is #WorldHealthDay!
We’ve curated 3 essential reads that bridge the gap btw #socdev & #globalhealth.
📕Tax Systems and Policy
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📃Perplexing and Troubling
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📗Just Transition in Healthcare
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Happy reading!
🔵 UNRISD at the Global Digital Economy Conference 2026
On 31st Mar, UNRISD's Ilcheong Yi raised a critical question: an innovation ecology for whom, governed by whom, and on whose terms? At UNRISD, we are committed to building an ecology that answers these questions.
🔗 Learn more: www.unrisd.org
📢Save the Date | UNRISD on the #RoadToCOP31
📆 9 Apr 2026 | 15:30–17:00 CET | Online
Join UNRISD and the Just Transition and Care Network for – A Just Transition in Environmental Care: A Webinar About Care Work and Just Transition.
🔗 Registration here: www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
🌏 Today, on #IDSDP2026, we look back at our inspiring podcast “Art, Sports, and Social Justice” w/Ronny Turiaf & Karima Cherif.
Together, they explore how sports promote mobility, visibility, & social justice for marginalized communities.
🎧Listen now: ow.ly/Owzv50YExFv
🌏 Join our team!
UNRISD is looking for interns interested in helping us drive engagement and share ideas that inspire change!
🔹 Social Media Intern
🔹 Graphic Design & Multimedia Intern
📥 Apply by 9 Apr. 2026
🔗 www.unrisd.org/vacancies
📢 Save the Date: #DWC2026 – Mastermind Dialogue
📆 21 April 2026
⏰ 09:00–18:00 CET
📍Room XI, Palais des Nations, UN Geneva
🤝 Co-hosted by UNRISD & WDTAcademy.org
🎤 Ft. Keynote Speakers: Geoffrey Hinton & Terrence J. Sejnowski
🔗 Register now: www.unrisd.org/dwc
📢From SRHR to Development Justice|31 Mar 2026
Join the launch of the Global South Coalition for SRHR & Development Justice, ft. UNRISD’s Director, @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social, who will explore how finance systems shape SRHR & development justice.
👉Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗣️YOUTH VOICES: Exploring FANON
What Does #SocialJustice Mean to Youth Today?
On 25th Feb, w/SHAP SHAP, we turned to the participants of our Youth Lab who shared powerful reflections reminding us that social justice is lived & built collectively.
🔗 www.unrisd.org/sjd2026
🌍 UNRISD at #HRC61
On 5th Mar, at the 61st Human Rights Council in Geneva, UNRISD Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social moderated a high-level panel on financing sustainable development, pursuant to HRC resolution 58/9.
🔗 Read the full news here: www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
🌍 What would it take to build a society that is sustainable & just?
🎙️Revisiting: #PrinciplesForChange Podcast Series
Principle: Historical Injustices Addressed
"Lessons from South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Constitutional Experience" w/ Imraan Valodia
🎧 embed.acast.com/$/61236cc737...
🎬 AFTER MOVIE: Exploring FANON
This #WeekOfSolidarity, we look back at the powerful youth dialogue, Fanon film screening & panel on decolonization & structural racism on 25 Feb. at United Nations Geneva, 3rd edition of our #SocialJusticeDay event, w/SHAP SHAP.
🔗www.unrisd.org/sjd2026
🌏International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Today, we’re highlighting our research that explores how racism is embedded in the systems that shape access to rights, resources & opportunities.
📚Dive into our Anti-Racism Reading List: t.co/IatWeZdrZ0
🟣 Peace & Sustainability are not gender-neutral.
We close our #IWD2026 “Research Picks” Cards by highlighting the important intersection between gender, peace & sustainability.
🔗Explore: ow.ly/vc1y50Ytk3A
🔗UNRISD’s at #CSW70: ow.ly/2eeq50Ytk3B
📢 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: IPI–1st Meeting of the Founding Committee in Geneva
On 16th March, @unrisd.org convened at the Palais des Nations for the inaugural meeting of the founding committee of #IPI, ft. Joseph E. Stiglitz & Winnie Byanyima.
📹 youtu.be/LS6phQgOaDM
🔗 www.unrisd.org/ipi
🔴Advancing gender equality requires feminist policies that transform power & systems.
In this post, UNRISD presents critical research on Gender & Feminist Policies.
🔗 Explore our research picks:https://ow.ly/vc1y50Ytk3A
🔗 UNRISD’s participation in #CSW70: ow.ly/2eeq50Ytk3B
📕 #NewExternalBlog: "How External Actors and Mainstream Paradigms Shape Social Security Systems in the Global South" – Katja Hugo
Published by socialprotection.org, this blog highlights why countries remain trapped in residual models despite COVID-19 lessons.
📖 bit.ly/3XyZ7v1
🟠 Care is where gender inequality is most visible & needs addressing.
In this post, UNRISD brings you critical research examining how Gender intersects with Care.
🔗 Explore our research picks here: ow.ly/vc1y50Ytk3A
🔗 Follow UNRISD’s Journey at #CSW70: ow.ly/2eeq50Ytk3B
🎙️Final #SSEEssentials Spotlight: Financing the SSE w/Riccardo Bodini & Gianluca Salvatori.
Discover how SSE drives sustainable economies, bridges research & practice, supports global cooperation.
🎧 ow.ly/yToI50YvPsm
Thank you & stay tuned for a new lineup next week!
🟢 A just transition cannot be truly just without gender equality.
In this post, UNRISD brings you critical research examining how Gender intersects with Just Transition.
🔗 Explore our research picks here: ow.ly/vc1y50Ytk3A
🔗 Follow UNRISD at #CSW70: ow.ly/2eeq50Ytk3B
⚖️How is tax justice related to gender equality?
In this new op-ed, “When Big Business Ducks Taxes, Women Pick Up the Tab,” our Director, @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social, explores why fair taxation is central to social justice.
📖Available in 7 media outlets & 5 languages.
Read now: ow.ly/acTY50YuGeN
🟠 Gender equality is not a standalone issue.
In this post, UNRISD brings you critical research examining how Gender intersects with Justice.
🔗 Explore our research picks here: us18.campaign-archive.com?u=d1fa34ab85...
🔗 Follow UNRISD’s Journey at #CSW70: www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
️️🎙️ This week on our #SSEEssentials Podcast Spotlight: "Social Services," with Susanne Elsen.
In this episode, she explains how SSE offers a bottom-up approach to social services, & encourage the youth to act on their visions.
🎧 youtu.be/R5wGEXOdMwg?...
#Beyond2025
