Stars To Join Kering Foundation's First-Ever Caring For Women Dinner

Stars To Join Kering Foundation's First-Ever Caring For Women Dinner Aug 29, 2022

Today, the Kering Foundation announced Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan as an event Co-Chair for the first-ever Caring For Women Dinner taking place on September 15 in New York City. More
Stars Make Global Call To Action For Gender Equality At The HeForShe IMPACT Summit

Stars Make Global Call To Action For Gender Equality At The HeForShe IMPACT Summit Sep 28, 2018

On the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, award-winning actor and UN Women’s Global Goodwill Ambassador, Anne Hathaway, and actor and activist Winston Duke joined world leaders, global CEOs, university presidents and activists to unveil groundbreaking solutions to achieve gender equality around the world. More
United Nations HeForShe IMPACT Summit To Take Place At UN General Assembly

United Nations HeForShe IMPACT Summit To Take Place At UN General Assembly Sep 25, 2018

On September 26th, the United Nations HeForShe movement is convening world leaders, global CEOs, activists and celebrities to introduce groundbreaking solutions to achieve gender equality around the world. More
Social Good Summit Kicks Off UN General Assembly

Social Good Summit Kicks Off UN General Assembly Sep 14, 2017

The Social Good Summit, a unique gathering of world leaders, global activists and influencers in the arts, technology and entertainment, will once again kick off the United Nations General Assembly with a symposium of globally-recognized speakers discussing innovations in media and technology to make the world a better place by 2030. More
Hillary Clinton And Queen Rania Al Abdullah Of Jordan To Take Part In 16th Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards

Hillary Clinton And Queen Rania Al Abdullah Of Jordan To Take Part In 16th Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards Mar 2, 2017

As millions around the world raise their voices to celebrate women’s achievements on International Women’s Day March 8th, Vital Voices will pay tribute to co-founder the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, honor Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan for her work on women, girls and refugees, and recognize four visionary women who are engaged in the most urgent issues of our time. More
Queen Rania Al Abdullah Of Jordan Attends International Rescue Committee Rescue Dinner

Queen Rania Al Abdullah Of Jordan Attends International Rescue Committee Rescue Dinner Nov 8, 2016

The International Rescue Committee hosted their annual 2016 Rescue Dinner (formally Freedom Award Dinner) last week at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. More
Queen Rania Al Abdullah To Attend International Rescue Committee Rescue Dinner

Queen Rania Al Abdullah To Attend International Rescue Committee Rescue Dinner Nov 2, 2016

The International Rescue Committee will host its annual Rescue Dinner (formally Freedom Award Dinner) to support the organization’s lifesaving humanitarian aid work around the world on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. More
UN Foundation Highlights COP21 Climate Change Summit

UN Foundation Highlights COP21 Climate Change Summit Dec 2, 2015

World leaders are gathering in Paris for COP 21, the United Nations conference to reach a new global agreement to address climate change. More
More Big Names Join Global Citizen Festival

More Big Names Join Global Citizen Festival Sep 22, 2015

Over a dozen world leaders and prominent activists have announced their on-stage participation in the 2015 Global Citizen Festival. More
Serena Williams Helps Launch World's Largest Lesson

Serena Williams Helps Launch World's Largest Lesson Sep 7, 2015

UNICEF and the Global Goals campaign have launched the World’s Largest Lesson, an initiative to teach children in more than 100 countries about the new Sustainable Development Goals that will be adopted by the UN General Assembly later this month. More
Bill And Chelsea Clinton To Host 11th Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

Bill And Chelsea Clinton To Host 11th Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Aug 31, 2015

President Bill Clinton and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton will host the 11th Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting on September 26-29 in New York City. More
UN Women Names Angelica Fuentes To Private Sector Leadership Advisory Council

UN Women Names Angelica Fuentes To Private Sector Leadership Advisory Council Mar 9, 2015

UN Women has announced the appointment of Angélica Fuentes, CEO and Managing Shareholder of Omnilife and Founder and CEO of Angelíssima, to its Private Sector Leadership Advisory Council (PSLAC). More
Stars Back Massive Action2015 Campaign

Stars Back Massive Action2015 Campaign Jan 19, 2015

A number of stars are backing Action2015, a huge campaign launched to make 2015 a huge breakthrough moment for people and planet. More
Global Leadership Dinner Honors Those Who Work With United Nations

Global Leadership Dinner Honors Those Who Work With United Nations Oct 9, 2014

The United Nations Foundation and the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) will host the Global Leadership Dinner Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York. More
Bill Clinton Closes 10th Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

Bill Clinton Closes 10th Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Sep 26, 2014

President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton closed the 10th Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting this week by announcing new Commitments to Action and issuing a call to action to members in four critical issue areas: addressing energy poverty around the world, tackling food insecurity and hunger in the United States, increasing access to water, and responding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. More
Leonardo DiCaprio To Be Honored With Clinton Global Citizen Award

Leonardo DiCaprio To Be Honored With Clinton Global Citizen Award Sep 15, 2014

President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton have announced new participants for the 10th Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, to be held September 21-24 in New York City, including 45 current and former heads of state, and more than 1,000 of the most influential leaders from business, government, civil society and philanthropy. More
Angelica Fuentes Becomes Global Advocate for the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign

Angelica Fuentes Becomes Global Advocate for the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign Jan 16, 2014

Mexican businesswoman Angelica Fuentes has become the newest Global Advocate for the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign. More
Bill Clinton Announces Recipients Of Clinton Global Citizen Awards

Bill Clinton Announces Recipients Of Clinton Global Citizen Awards Sep 24, 2013

President Bill Clinton announced the recipients of the 7th annual Clinton Global Citizen Awards, where he, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton, and a newly announced lineup, including Vice President Joe Biden, will honor seven people from the public, private and non-profit sectors for their vision and leadership in addressing global problems. More
Barack Obama And Mitt Romney To Attend Clinton Global Initiative

Barack Obama And Mitt Romney To Attend Clinton Global Initiative Sep 12, 2012

President Bill Clinton has announced that President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney will participate in the eighth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative joining world leaders in government, business, philanthropy, and civil society who gather each year to create and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. More
Jordan’s Queen Rania Visits Save the Children Early Childhood Development Programs

Jordan’s Queen Rania Visits Save the Children Early Childhood Development Programs Jan 24, 2011

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited Save the Children's early childhood development program “Khatawat” or “Steps” on January 9 in Amman. More
Nigel Barker Joins Charity Campaign For Young Girls

Nigel Barker Joins Charity Campaign For Young Girls Oct 1, 2010

Nigel Barker, renowned fashion photographer, TV personality and author, announced today that he will be supporting the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign as one of its newest champions, joining the movement to improve the lives of adolescent girls in the developing world. More
Victoria Justice Joins Charity Campaign For Young Girls

Victoria Justice Joins Charity Campaign For Young Girls Sep 30, 2010

Teen actress and singer Victoria Justice announced today that she will join the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign in its mission to educate, protect and empower girls in developing countries. In her role as a Girl Up Champion, Victoria will help inspire other teens to get involved and take action for girls around the world. More
Queen Rania Latest Celebrity To Join Charity Campaign

Queen Rania Latest Celebrity To Join Charity Campaign Sep 27, 2010

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan announced today that she will join the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign as a global advocate for adolescent girls. Her leadership will help drive Girl Up’s mission to educate, empower and protect millions of girls around the world. More
Ewan McGregor Urges Fans To Help Pakistan

Ewan McGregor Urges Fans To Help Pakistan Aug 31, 2010

Long time UNICEF UK Ambassador and actor Ewan McGregor has launched a compelling video appealing to the UK public to help in whatever way they can to help Pakistan’s children whose lives have been devastated by the floods. The video will be shown online and as a TV appeal. More
Celebrities Pen Letter From Oxfam To G8 Leaders

Celebrities Pen Letter From Oxfam To G8 Leaders Jun 25, 2010

A group of celebrities have put their names to a letter on behalf of Oxfam addressed to the G8 leaders meeting in Canada this week. More
Jet Li And Natalie Portman Show Faith In Charity Short Film Competition

Jet Li And Natalie Portman Show Faith In Charity Short Film Competition Mar 24, 2010

A stellar line-up of celebrities and world leaders are to judge a short film competition for a special foundation that aims to promote respect and understanding about the world’s major religions and show how faith is a powerful force for good in the world. More
Shania Twain Takes Over The Airwaves For Charity

Shania Twain Takes Over The Airwaves For Charity Jan 8, 2010

Country star Shania Twain took over the airwaves with something other than her music as she appeared as the guest host of Canadian Broadcasting Corporations national morning show, “The Current.” More
World March For Peace Starts In New Zealand

World March For Peace Starts In New Zealand Oct 2, 2009

The World March for Peace and Non-Violence kicked off in Wellington, New Zealand, today, beginning a trek that will visit 90 countries on 6 continents, ending in Argentina on January 2 of next year. More
Jessica Alba Blogs For 1GOAL

Jessica Alba Blogs For 1GOAL Sep 30, 2009

Actress Jessica Alba was at the Clinton Global Initiative last week to publicize the 1GOAL campaign, which aims to ensure that the legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup will provide universal access to education for all children. And now she has blogged about her support. More
Stars Have 1GOAL In Mind At Clinton Global Initiative

Stars Have 1GOAL In Mind At Clinton Global Initiative Sep 28, 2009

Actor Brad Pitt was honored at the Clinton Global Initiative on Thursday for his humanitarian work in helping rebuild New Orleans. More