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NewsCitizens for Global Solutions Appoints Executive Director
Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) Education Fund is delighted to welcome Rebecca A. Shoot as our next Executive Director, succeeding Bob Flax, who will serve as CGS President until his retirement at the end of July.
NewsInternational Mother Earth Day
Let this Century be the Century of the Rights of Mother Earth: Strengthening Global Governance is Key to Ensuring a Sustainable Future
Global CooperationFrom Nationalist Isolation To Global Citizenship
For many years, a portion of the world public has sought to wall itself off from people abroad by hiding behind national borders.
Global JusticeBenjamin Ferencz & Norman Cousins: The Original Influencers For Global Justice
The little known story of how American public outrage capitulated German lawmakers to compensate Polish survivors of Ravensbrück.
NewsCGS Pays Tribute to Benjamin Frencz
The chief prosecutor of the Einsatzgruppen Trial- one of the Nuremberg Trials- at the age of 27, a tireless advocate for the International Criminal Court and a democratic world government, and an exceptional human being, Ben Ferencz had a life that was instructed by a simple yet powerful motto: “Never give up.”
Global JusticeProsecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Benjamin Ferencz died on April 7, 2023 at the age of 103. He lived a very rewarding and meaningful life. I had the privilege of meeting him several times, most recently when he received a lifetime achievement award from the Law School at Washington University in St. Louis.
NewsSeeking Participants for Global Conversations Online Event & Enter a Chance to Win!
You and your fellow attendees will have the chance to learn about Countering Nationalism and Remembering the Quest to Build One World. Attend the FREE event and enter a chance to win Samuel Zipp’s book!
Global CooperationIf Youth Is The Future, Why Don’t We Have A Say About It?
Last September, I came to the United States to study for a year at Northeastern University (Boston) and, I was given an opportunity to be sponsored by Citizens for Global Solutions to not just to be part of the first Global Future Forum but to present my research paper.
Human RightsDomestic Violence And Women’s Empowerment Initiatives: Exploring The Relationship In A Patriarchal Setting
Domestic violence is the most common form of violence against women and is reported globally to be experienced by one out of every three women.
World CitizenThe Passport Of A Global Citizen – On The Challenges Of Defining A Legal Identity
In 2019, 10 entrepreneurial families from Fiji, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Portugal, Romania, and the Swedish Saami Youth Association found common cause when their businesses – largely in agriculture and tourism – were affected by climate change disasters.
Global CooperationWhose Red Lines?
In the conflict-ridden realm of international relations, certain terms are particularly useful, and one of them is “Red Lines.”
NewsInternational Women’s Day
Empowering Women, Transforming Lives: The Power of Technology on International Women’s Day