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17/06/2026

🎙️ This week on our Podcast Spotlight we present: "Solidarity: An African Perspective on the New Eco-Social Contract", with Eseosa Joy Sowemimo.
In this episode, Eseosa Joy Sowemimo discusses:
🔹 Solidarity as essential for addressing today's interconnected global crises
🔹 How inequality and climate change disproportionately affect communities in the Global South
🔹 What African philosophies such as Ubuntu, Ujamaa and Harambee can teach us about collective wellbeing
🔹 Why community, equity and mutual responsibility are key to a new eco-social contract
🔹 How social transformation can help build more just and sustainable futures
🎧 Tune in on your favourite platform:
→ Acast: https://ow.ly/IhOX50ZcV6g
→ Spotify: https://ow.ly/8xUW50ZcV6j
📚 Dive deeper into the research:
→ https://ow.ly/SmP050ZcV6h

17/06/2026

📢 Acompáñanos la próxima semana para hablar sobre el futuro de los sistemas nacionales de cuidado en América Latina.

Te invitamos a participar del webinar: Repensar la gobernanza de los sistemas nacionales de cuidados en América Latina, un evento enfocado en los retos y oportunidades presentes al momento de construir sistemas de cuidados más igualitarios, sostenibles y corresponsables.

📅 24 de Junio, 2026

⏰ 9:00–11:00 h (GMT-6)

📍 Ciudad de México y en línea

A pesar de que los países de América Latina avanzan en el diseño e implementación de sistemas nacionales de cuidados, persisten ciertos desafíos en materia de gobernanza, coordinación institucional y sostenibilidad a largo plazo. Este webinar reunirá a especialistas de distintos países de la región para compartir experiencias, aprendizajes y propuestas de políticas públicas.

🔗 Regístrate aquí: https://tinyurl.com/2rc5wyns

17/06/2026

👥 UN Virtual World Day 2026: Ensuring Social Justice in the Urban Digital Transformation

“We believe that digital transformation must be guided by social justice, human rights, inclusion, and sustainability. Innovation alone is not enough.” - Magdalena Sepúlveda, UNRISD Director

As the global urban population is projected to hit 70% by 2050, last month UNRISD joined 20 UN entities in Geneva to issue a unified call to action: digital innovation must be a vehicle for equity, not a driver of inequality.

💡 Key Insights & Strategic Priorities:

The event culminated in the adoption of the "Call to Action for Humanity," a roadmap designed to translate high-level digital commitments into local improvements for residents through five pillars:
🔸 Local Delivery: Ensuring international digital frameworks reach every community.

🔸 Inclusive AI: Building trusted systems that prioritize transparency and human rights.

🔸 Data-Driven Governance: Using "Digital Twins" and simulations to test and improve city policies before implementation.

🔸 Equitable Growth: Enabling economic progress that fosters social equity rather than deepening the digital divide.

🔸 Global Standards: Reinforcing international cooperation to prevent digital fragmentation.

🚀 The Road Ahead:

The outcomes of this summit, including a new Executive Briefing for policymakers, will serve as formal contributions to the 13th World Urban Forum and the 2026 UN Forum of Mayors. UNRISD remains committed to ensuring that as our cities move into the "Citiverse," no one is left behind in the analog past.

🤝 Co-organized by: International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in collaboration with UNRISD, UN-Habitat, UNDP, UNICEF, FAO, WIPO, the World Bank, and the Global Cities Hub, among others.

🔎 Explore the full Call to Action and Event Outputs: https://www.unrisd.org/en/activities/news-items/un-virtual-worlds-day-2026-unrisd-joins-global-call-to-shape-human-centered-and-inclusive-urban-digi

16/06/2026

📢 Who takes care of the caregivers in a just transition?

Join us for A Just Transition in Domestic and Community Care, a webinar exploring how just transition frameworks can better recognize and support domestic and community care workers.

📅 22 June 2026
⏰ 15:30–17:00 CET
🗣️ Interpretation in English and Spanish will be available.
📍 Online

Hosted by UNRISD and the Just Transition and Care Network, and co-sponsored by the Center for Environmental Justice at Colorado State University.

Drawing on the new report Care Work in the Just Transition: An International Inquiry, the discussion will bring together researchers, activists and care workers from Italy, Peru, the UK and beyond.

Speakers include:

• Stefania Barca, University of Santiago de Compostela/CISPAC

• Selma James and Nina López, Global Women’s Strike

• Leddy Mozombite, Domestic Workers Federation, Peru

• Roberto Sciarelli, Commons Network, Italy

• Sherilyn MacGregor, University of Manchester

• Dimitris Stevis, Colorado State University

🔗 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8BzdSWCJQc20S8Au735v0g #/registration

Read the report: https://www.unrisd.org/en/library/publications/just-transition-and-care-work-an-international-inquiry

15/06/2026

️ As the International Day of Women in Diplomacy approaches, we're reflecting on a simple but important question:

🎙️ What would global leadership look like if more women were at the decision-making table?

During the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy: Building Peace and Democracy in Madrid, UNRISD Director Magdalena Sepúlveda sat down with 24 Horas to discuss women's leadership, the future of multilateralism, and why feminist approaches are essential to addressing today's global challenges.

💬 In the conversation, Magdalena reflected on how women bring valuable perspectives to decision-making, why multilateral cooperation remains critical in an increasingly fragmented world, and the urgent need for more women in positions of leadership.

"Multilateralism is necessary. We need to reconfigure it, rebuild it, and reclaim it, while transforming it through a feminist lens." - Magdalena Sepúlveda

The interview also explored the role of women in peacebuilding, the future of global governance, and why the world needs stronger spaces for dialogue and collaboration.

📻 Watch the interview (in Spanish): https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/24-horas/papel-mujer-tiempos-crisis-del-multilateralismo/17097701/

15/06/2026

1 in 4 countries say backlash is blocking gender equality — 30 years after the Beijing Declaration.

Around the world, powerful groups are working to dismantle progress on women’s rights, LGBTIQ+ inclusion, and gender justice. This isn’t random; it's deliberate, organized, and growing.

📘 Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality is the latest report from UNRISD and UN Women that explains how gender backlash works and what governments, the UN, and civil society can do to stop it.

🌍 Backed by global research, case studies, and policy recommendations, it’s a must-read for anyone pushing to protect and advance gender justice.

⚖️ Change doesn’t just happen. We make it happen.

🔗 Read the report. Stay informed. Take action

👉 Read the report: https://www.unrisd.org/en/research/projects/gender-and-lgbtqia-backlash

12/06/2026

🌍 UNRISD Joins Call for Transformative Action at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy

“A feminist foreign policy lens offers important tools—not only to respond to backlash and disinformation, but to anticipate and reshape the conditions that allow them to thrive.” - Magdalena Sepùlveda, UNRISD Director

Last week, UNRISD joined governments, UN partners, civil society organizations and more than 700 participants at the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy: Building Peace and Democracy, hosted by Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.

Over two days of dialogue, participants explored how feminist approaches can help strengthen democracy, advance gender equality and respond to growing challenges such as disinformation, anti-gender backlash and democratic erosion.

💡 Key takeaways:

🔸 Gender equality as an essential pillar for peaceful and democratic societies.

🔸 Feminist policies and the necessity for them to properly reflect the diverse realities and experiences across regions.

🔸 Care, human rights and inclusion as the heart of global decision-making.

🔸 The critical role of strong partnerships with feminist movements in driving meaningful change.

🚀 Looking ahead, the Madrid Joint Political Declaration sets out a shared commitment to advancing gender equality, strengthening democratic participation and building more inclusive societies.

UNRISD remains committed to producing rigorous, independent research that helps translate these commitments into transformative action and supports more just, equitable and inclusive societies.

👉Read full news: https://tinyurl.com/3ztv4528

12/06/2026

Continuing the conversation beyond 🌍

How can organizations better understand and measure their impact on the environment?

The Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) Online Platform launched by UNRISD in 2022, helps organizations assess whether their operations align with the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With the help of 61 indicators, users can evaluate their performance related to natural resource consumption and broader sustainability outcomes.

🟣 Measure sustainability against normative thresholds
🟣 Track environmental performance with greater accountability
🟣 Access 61 free, performance-based indicators
🟣 Automate reporting and focus on implementation

🎥 Watch the trailer to learn more.

Learn more about SDPI: www.unrisd.org/sdpi

Visit the platform: sdpi.unrisd.org

11/06/2026

🟢 | This month for our Voices from the Frontlines Series🌍

📍Micro-Hydro Power in Indonesia: The Role of Decentralized Energy in Just Transition Strategies.

This case study explores how community-based micro-hydro systems in Indonesia are helping rural communities expand clean energy access while supporting sustainable development and environmental stewardship.

👉 Swipe through. Explore the case. Join the conversation.

🔗Download the full brief here: https://www.unrisd.org/en/library/publications/micro-hydro-power-in-indonesia-the-role-of-decentralized-energy-in-just-transition-strategies

🌍 Stay tuned—each month, we bring you new voices, stories, and insights from the frontlines of change.

10/06/2026

🎙️To continue the conversation on , this week on our Podcast Spotlight we present: "Decarbonize, Diversify, Depolarize as Essential Actions for a New Eco-Social Contract," with Carlos Alvarado Quesada

In this episode, former President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada discusses:

🔹 Why polarization makes it more difficult to address fossil fuel dependence and respond to the climate emergency

🔹 How decarbonizing, diversification, and depolarizing can accelerate the transition toward more sustainable and resilient societies

🔹 Why developing countries need economic diversification alongside decarbonization, creating new sources of value beyond fossil fuel extraction

🔹 What Costa Rica’s transition toward an eco-tourism model can teach us about the possibility of transformative change

🎧 Tune in on your favourite platform:

→ Acast: https://shows.acast.com/unrisd-podcasts/episodes/transformed-economies-and-societies-carlos-alvarado-quesada

→ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WxnIHBEUdBizNFY6wde2l

📚 Dive deeper into the research:

→ Crises of Inequality: Shifting Power for a New Eco-Social Contract (2022): https://ow.ly/mVUE50YSM8o

→ Eco-Social Contracts for Sustainable and Just Futures (2026): https://ow.ly/XFUv50YSM8n

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