Blog / 2020
- AJO (20)
- Alliance in Action (33)
- Alliance News (6)
- Coming Together for Action (CT4A) (11)
- Did You Know? (1)
- GA Resources (6)
- Impact Series (2)
- Looking Back, Moving Forward (2)
- Perspectives (13)
- Policy & Advocacy (104)
Resolution on Human Rights of Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System
Excerpt In support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, we are gravely concerned that individuals…
Position Statement on COVID-19, Immigration Status, and Child and Family Well-being
Introduction The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the U.S. economy and the everyday lives of families and…
Policy Brief on the Impact of COVID-19 on College Students’ Mental Health
Context As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its 10th month of global transmission, countries and communities worldwide struggle to contain it and…
Policy Statement on the Impact of COVID-19 on Students’ Mental Health
Introduction As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its 10th month of global transmission, countries and communities worldwide struggle to contain it and…
Graduate Student Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created new realities for the entire world. In an effort to support graduate students during this time,…
GA Attends UN-HLPF SDGs Series 2020
Starting the second week of July 2020, High-level Political Forum (HLPF—the United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda…
Did You Know? COVID-19
Adapted from our Did You Know Newsletter, this post highlights the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and human rights. Our COVID-19 post from…
GA at UN: Making the Commitment to the SDGs: Universities and Beyond
On July 9, 2020, The United Nations Institute for training and research (UNITAR) convened a panel entitled Teaching, Learning, and Integrating the…
GA at UN: Digital Skills for Development
During the UN HLM session, Accelerating action through digital technologies: Strengthening digital skills and capacities for human well-being, the discussion focused on…
GA at UN: Partnerships
Developing transformational partnerships to catalyze SDGs implementation panelists shared practical examples of how collaboration is necessary to accelerate the achievement of the…
GA at UN: Food Systems
During the Food Systems and Nutrition Patterns: Biodiversity, Resilience, and Food Security UN HLM session, panelists shared strategies for improving how our global…
GA at UN: Energy and Participatory Science
Session 6, Energy decarbonization and universal access: Participatory Science and Stakeholder Capacity Building in Sustainable Energy Development, was closely tied to SDG 7: Affordable…