November 2011
37 posts
Help UNICEF and MTV Exit Fight Human Trafficking
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with MTV Exit, is hosting Calle 13 at 11am on Monday November 21st in UNICEF House Danny Kaye Centre Visitor’s Centre, 3 UN Plaza 44th Street between First and Second Avenue, for a press conference to launch MTV EXIT Latin America, a multi-media campaign to increase awareness of human trafficking and exploitation in the region. Previews for a new video featuring the song dedicated to UNICEF and a documentary on Child trafficking and exploitation will be shown. The event will be streamed live through UNICEF’s Live-stream channel, http://www.livestream.com/unicef as well as the http://www.facebook.com/MTVEXITLA FB Page.
Pulitzer Center on 7 Billion
Click here to see how reporters are covering the world at 7 Billion and various population issues.
Global Urbanization
Check out the article, Global Urbanization As Investment Opportunity, published in Trading Desk. The article begins by saying, “With an estimated 7 billion people and counting now on the planet, global demand for everything from electricity to mobile phones is likely to shoot up.” The article has unique insight from the chief market strategist at U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management’s Joseph Quinlan.
Quinlan asks important questions in the article such as, “Globally, what is going to happen when even a fraction of the 3.5 billion people still on the farm today move to the cities tomorrow?”
Don Bulmer's Relate(ivity)
Seven Billion Actions partner, and adviser to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Don Bulmer writes about the power of relationships, and how individuals relate to causes, people, work, culture, beliefs, and issues in his blog-post published in Social Media Today.
7 Billion Actions
Our 7 Billion Action’s campaign was recently highlighted in MTV’s Act Blog. In the article, MTV Act acknowledges that as we commemorate this milestone, it’s once again the perfect time to build a healthier and sustainable world.
Read more at their blog
Women and a Nation's Development
As we reached 7 billion, gender equality continues to be a topic of strong importance. Women are key players to a nation’s economic growth. Please take a look at this Thomson Reuters infographic, highlighting gender inequality and its detrimental effects on human development.
Youth and Our Future
We invite you to read this informative infographic from Thomson Reuters which looks at the planet’s youth. Those under 25 now make up 43% of the world’s population and their numbers are higher in developing countries.
Help Create a Visual Time Capsule of Our World of 7 Billion
Lynsey Addario, A Delhi based Times freelancer, is taking pictures of some of the babies that were born on October 31st, the day the world population reached 7 Billion people.
Help Lynsey Addario show these babies what the world was like when they were born by submitting a photo you take. Read the full description of the project here.
