Digital technologies have the power to transform and to offer developing country women opportunities to advance gender justice and equality.
Violence toward youth in Brazil is among the highest in the world. However, youth in poor and violent neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro are using new technologies to make their voices heard.
Silence around the topic of sexual violence has increased in South Asian countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, even as its incidence has also increased in recent conflicts.
Data on sexual violence against women and men, both during and after conflicts, shows alarming levels of abuse across the globe.
One constant in the ebb and flow of the Arab Spring has been the increased influence of public opinion on public policy.
By 2025, poverty will primarily be centred in low-income, conflict and violence-affected African states.
South Asia is the most densely populated region of the world, second only to sub-Saharan Africa in poverty indicators. It is also one of the world's most conflict-affected regions. Women feel the impact of these conflicts deeply.
Latin America is considered to be the most violent region in the world. According to the 2011 Global Burden of Armed Violence Report, six of the top ten most violent countries in the world are in the region.
In Chile, a mobilized, invigorated civil society is using new digital technologies to transform political participation.
Access to basic services (water, sanitation, energy and communication) at affordable cost is essential to human development and health.