Global Citizen

Global Citizen is a collective of active individuals working together to eliminate extreme poverty by the year 2030. Through our platform, Global Citizens can understand the root causes of extreme poverty, take meaningful actions to address these challenges, and receive rewards for their efforts. This initiative fosters a worldwide community dedicated to creating sustainable change.

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Take Action Toolkit: How to Be a Successful Advocate

1 week ago | globalcitizen.org | Cassie Carothers

Standing up for what you believe is harder than it looks. And then once you decide to try to impact your issue of choice, where do you even begin? A lot of people who have strong views on issues they care about in their towns, cities, states and countries, but don’t know where to start. This guide of the do’s and don’ts of advocacy will give everyone the tips and tricks they need to be a successful advocate.
Women Belong In The Kitchen - But It’s Not What You Think

3 weeks ago | globalcitizen.org | Khanyi Mlaba

“Women belong in the kitchen” is a phrase designed to keep women in (what is assumed to be) their place. It is obviously meant to insult them and diminish the value they bring to society. But do you know what else this sentiment inadvertently undervalues? The kitchen. Everybody loves the kitchen, why wouldn’t we? It’s where the food is.
Hidden Scars: Women’s FGM Experiences In Their Own Words

2 months ago | globalcitizen.org | Khanyi Mlaba

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of bodily harm. Nothing prepares you for violation — the haunting invasiveness of having your dignity ransacked as you’re forced to expose yourself and have the most private parts of your body physically harmed. A sharp tool raised to your labia on its way to slice, hack, and cut away a personal part of you in a manner that can never be repaired.
Meet the Activist Transforming Kenyan Agriculture Through ‘Agroecology’

2 months ago | globalcitizen.org | Fadeke Banjo |Mary Wangari

Like most African countries, Kenya is at the forefront of the climate crisis, grappling with severe droughts followed by heavy rainfall and flooding over the last year alone. These extreme weather events displace thousands of people, destroy livelihoods, and degrade land. Agriculture remains the leading economic driver in the country and is vital to food security, but it is highly vulnerable to these climate shocks.
Global Citizen Kicks Off Climate Action Campaign Focused on the Amazon at Global Citizen NOW: Rio de Janeiro

2 months ago | globalcitizen.org | Victoria MacKinnon |Betty Lincoln

Global Citizen NOW: Rio de Janeiro, an action summit hosted by Global Citizen and the 2024 G20 Presidency, and supported by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, convened over 450 world leaders, innovators, and advocates on the eve of the G20 Summit for one primary reason: to drive urgent action to defeat poverty and address the climate crisis. The top highlight?
How Man’s Best Friend Sparked a Global Movement: The Brady Hunter Foundation’s Mission to Transform Lives

Jan 13, 2025 | globalcitizen.org | Mel Ndlovu

They say dogs are man’s best friend, offering unconditional love, loyalty, and companionship. For Josh Fox, his dog Brady was all that and more. Brady’s brother, Hunter, continues to embody the unbreakable bond between humans and animals, a connection that profoundly shaped Josh’s life. When Brady passed away, the loss was understandably significant, but instead of succumbing to grief, Josh transformed his sorrow into a force for good.
Los Angeles Wildfires: 7 Ways to Help Those Affected, From Anywhere in the World

Jan 10, 2025 | globalcitizen.org | Victoria MacKinnon |Mara Ranville

Several fast moving wildfires are continuing to tear through Los Angeles where they have destroyed entire neighborhoods in what could be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The fires, which cover over 35,000 acres (over 14,000 hectares), have been responsible for at least 10 deaths so far and forced 180,000 people to evacuate.
2024 in Review: How Global Citizens Made a Difference

Dec 18, 2024 | globalcitizen.org | Victoria MacKinnon

As we close the chapter on 2024, we want to take a moment to reflect on a truly transformative year. Through campaigns like Global Citizen: NOW and Global Citizen Festival, world leaders, artists, and philanthropists came together across four continents to join our calls for action to demand change. In response, Global Citizens took a record 4.3 million actions over the year, helping to secure historic pledges for equity, the planet, and poverty eradication.
Polio in Pakistan: Tackling Fake Vaccine Records, Political Hurdles, and the Fight to End the Virus

Dec 16, 2024 | globalcitizen.org | Jacky Habib

From fake vaccination records to targeted killings of health workers, global health organizations face a range of challenges as they work to eradicate polio in Pakistan. The country remains one of only two countries worldwide, alongside neighboring Afghanistan, where polio is endemic, or regularly occurring. As of December 3, Pakistan has reported 59 cases of polio in 2024.
Championing Cervical Cancer and HPV Prevention: A Story of Dedication and Resilience in Rural Lesotho

Dec 11, 2024 | globalcitizen.org | Tiyese Jeranji

“Some people in the deep rural areas don’t believe that there is cervical cancer and that it can affect them,” says Mabohlokoa Selemele (31), a “Mentor Mother” at mothers2mothers (m2m) in Lesotho. Mentor Mothers are trained and employed by m2m as community health workers, and travel to remote areas equipped with basic yet effective diagnostic tools, allowing women to get screened without traveling long distances.