Apply here before April 11th, 2021. UNA-NCA is proud to welcome a new cohort of Advocacy Fellows dedicated to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and strengthening US ties to the United Nations. This remote opportunity is open to current undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students with an interest in international…

By Shayna Vayser, UNA-NCA Managing Director of Advocacy & Policy Strategy Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Nepal face social, economic, and political barriers to accessing justice, from equitable representation in court to basic human dignity. Global feminist discourses on human rights, particularly those focused on access to reproductive and sexual…

By Shayna Vayser, UNA-NCA Managing Director of Advocacy & Policy Strategy This piece issues a response to “Unlocking refugee women’s potential: closing economic gaps to benefit all” by Jeni Klugman and Raiyan Kabir. You can read the full report here. Despite evidence suggesting tremendous gains in global GDP through the…

For more information about UNA-NCA, visit: http://www.unanca.org Review our recent Advocacy work at UNA-NCA Snapshots. We are no longer accepting applications. New internship opportunities will be available in the Spring. Job Description: UNA-NCA Research Lead (part-time, remote) Application Deadline: 26 August 2020 Position Summary: The Research Lead will play an essential role in supporting UNA-NCA’s forthcoming SDG-DC initiative. SDG-DC will feature groundbreaking work pertaining to mapping local indicators through the global framework…

On April 7, UNA-NCA membership rallied for a World Health Advocacy Day of Digital Action. …

The International Organization for Migration has released its 2020 World Migration Report, documenting trends in migration patterns. The release of this report coincides with historic changes in global governance and mass displacement events due to conflict and climate change, resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of documented refugees…

Earlier this week, the administration proposed a budget for 2021 that drastically slashes global accounts by upwards of 22%. UN-related accounts were even more heavily targeted: contributions to UN peacekeeping activities, for example, would be cut by 29% from FY’20; an account that finances U.S. dues payments for the UN…

Last year, Congressional support for the United Nations seemed untenable. The Administration proposed a dramatic reduction in funding for UN Peacekeeping Operations and the general budget- this included cutting all funding to IO&P accounts, targeting agencies like UNICEF, UNDP, UN Women, and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for…

Slicing through the buzz of the Russell Senate Offices was the distinct chatter of UNA-USA’s student delegation, eager to celebrate Human Rights Day by urging their senators to denounce the administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. …