Calendar of Advocacy Events 2022

3 February 

Civil Society Briefing

The Future of Memory: Holocaust Remembrance, History and New Media

Organized in partnership with the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (27 January)

17 March

Civil Society Briefing

Nuclear Disarmament and Disaster Risk Reduction: Women and Girls in the Lead

Organized as a side event of the 66th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in partnership with Pathways to Peace 

24 March

Youth-led Civil Society Briefing

Equal Work, Equal Pay: Reducing the Gender Pay Gap

Organized as a side event of the 66th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women 

18 April

ECOSOC Youth Forum 2022 Youth-led Side Event

Developing Young Active Global Citizens to Tackle the SDGs

Organized in collaboration with AFS on the margins of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2022 (19 and 20 April) 

4 May

World Press Freedom Day Observance

Journalism Under Digital Siege

Organized in partnership with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in observance of World Press Freedom Day (3 May)

19 May

Civil Society Briefing

Climate Change and Road Safety: Linkages and Challenges

Organized in collaboration with FIA Foundation in the lead up to the UN High-Level Meeting on Road Safety 

30 June

NGO Communications Workshop

Communicating in Times of Conflict and Crisis: How to Be Seen and Heard

Organized in collaboration with the Global NGO Executive Committee (GNEC) 

28 July

Civil Society Briefing

The Role of Civil Society in Times of Humanitarian Crisis

12 August

Civil Society Youth-led Briefing

International Youth Day

Organized in collaboration with AFS Intercultural Programmes in observance of International Youth Day (12 August).  

22 September 2022

Holistic Climate Solutions Summit

Organized by the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation's

1 - 2:30 pm EDT: Youth Leadership in the Triple Planetary Crisis: Creating the World We Need to Live In

2:30 - 5 pm EDT: Innovative Usage of Storytelling for Media Communications on Climate Awareness and Climate Action

Sessions are co-organized with UN Department of Global Communications and UN Environment Programme

22 - 25 September (NYC, NY) & 30 - 1 October (Cambridge, MA)

International Youth Conference 6th Edition #IYC6

International Youth Conference (#IYC6) 

Serve – Lead - Innovate: Youth for a Sustainable Future

Organized by Generation Next Network, Co-organized by Cambridge’s Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui’s Office in collaboration with the Civil Society Unit, Department of Global Communications, UN-Habitat and United Nations Association Columbia SIPA

20 October

Youth Engagement for a Sustainable World Panel at the Florida International Trade and Cultural Expo (FITCE)

Organized in collaboration with Broward County Government and New Future Foundation, Inc. (NFFI)

2 December

Civil Society Townhall with the President of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly

Co-organized with the Office of the President of the General Assembly with support from UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

24 January 2023

Civil Society Briefing

Planning for 2023: Reimagine, Inspire, Act

Organized with the Global NGO Executive Committee (GNEC)

Date TBD

Civil Society Briefing

Building a Better Future through Music and the Arts

Date TBD

Civil Society Briefing

HIV/AIDs: Meeting Unmet Needs in Treatment and Prevention