Global Citizen

ver the past 10 years, Global Citizens have helped ensure life-saving vaccines, access to education for refugee children, and clean drinking water for families around the world. Learn more about the 880 million lives we’ve affected at this link.

Since 2009, Global Citizens have taken 24.8 million actions, helped $48.4 billion worth of commitments to be made, and affected 880 million lives. But we’re just getting started. Read more at this link.

INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS = INTERNATIONAL IMPACT ⭕⁠ At this link, read how Global Citizens #PowerTheMovement, for real.

A health worker vaccinates a young child against polio in the Sakhour neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, as part of a routine immunization campaign launched during World Immunization Week in 2017. The campaign aimed to vaccinate children under 5, including those who were not fully immunized, and the most vulnerable children living in shelters, hard-to-reach, and besieged areas. After six years of war, Syria’s immunization coverage has dropped from 80% pre-conflict to 41% in 2015. In some of the contested areas, routine immunization has completely stopped.⁠ Read about more people on the frontlines of fighting polio at this link. (📷: © Khouder Al-Issa/UN060903/UNICEF)

(📸: @ethanforyou for Global Citizen)

Anywhere these two lead, we would follow 😍A little throwback to this beautiful day we had in Central Park with @carole_king and @kellyclarkson!⁠ Like or reblog if you joined us at this year’s Global Citizen Festival or watched the live broadcast! ⁠

The cash bail system traps people in the cycle of poverty – and it's a system that disproportionately affects black men. Find out how we're fighting this injustice by watching #ACTIVATE. You can watch the entire series now at this link. @NatGeoChannel @ProcterGamble

Throwback to a royal evening in Central Park! Like and reblog if you joined us for this year's Global Citizen Festival in New York City or if you watched the live broadcast.⁠ ⁠ (📷: Ryan Muir for Global Citizen)

According to a new World Bank report, about 8 million Bangladeshi were lifted from poverty between 2000 and 2016. "Bangladesh has an inspiring story of reducing poverty and advancing development. Since 2000, the country has reduced poverty by half,” the report says. Read more at this link. (📷: Scott Wallace/World Bank)

This year, the Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to three pioneers in the fight against poverty: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer (not pictured). Duflo is the youngest person and only the second woman ever to win the prize. Read more about their work at this link. (📷: Michael Dwyer/AP) 

ranian women were allowed to attend a live stadium soccer match on Thursday for the first time in about four decades, following a recent threat from FIFA to suspend the country for its discriminatory bans. The decision to allow women into the stadium is a huge win for Global Goal 5, which aims to achieve gender equality by 2030, but it is still unclear whether the ban on women is permanently lifted. Read more at this link. (📷: Vahid Salemi/AP)

Over 23,000 Global Citizens took action calling on the @unitednations to reappoint an independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity – and those calls were answered. On Sept. 26, the United Nations General Assembly voted to reappoint the independent expert, ensuring that critical services, support systems, and research will continue for the LGBTI community around the world. Read more at this link. (📷: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images)

We were trying to stay calm – then @nct127 arrived 💚⁠ ⁠(📸: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen)⁠

Access to clean water is a basic human need – and 70% of people in Nigeria don't have it. Watch @UzoAduba campaign with us and @ProcterGamble to change this on the final episode of #ACTIVATE, Thursday 10/9c on @NatGeoChannel and online at globalcitizen.org/activate.⁠

The ocean cleanup device in the Pacific Ocean is finally working! The Ocean Cleanup recently announced that a boat has been able to retrieve plastic – including tires, microplastics, ghost nets, and crates – collected by the device. Read more about the Ocean Cleanup at this link. ⁠(📷: Courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup)

Bill Gates outlined what global health could look like by 2040 during a tribute lecture to Stephen Hawking on Monday. Read about Gates' two predictions for global health at this link. (📷: Ted S. Warren/AP)

Why is it vital for the world’s biggest artists to be vocal on issues like eradicating extreme poverty? Christy Rosario of Vermont, pictured left, says, "They have an influence over pop culture, but they also have a platform to make a change." ⁠Global Citizens who celebrated at this year's Global Citizen Festival told us why they took action and will keep fighting for a world free from poverty and inequality. Read more of their responses at this link. (📷: @mary.kang for Global Citizen)⁠