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New UN Resolution: Improving Global Road Safety specifically mentions youth
Stressing that road traffic deaths and injuries remained a major public health and development problem with broad social and economic consequences, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a...
Brian’s Column: The voices of youth and survivors at African symposium
Did you think we had all unanimously retired from bringing you the voices of youth and road safety from Africa? Probably…but no. There has been a lot going on! You may have read about our successful...
25th meeting of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration this week in NYC
The United Nations Road Safety Collaboration is an informal consultative mechanism whose members are committed to road safety efforts and in particular to the implementation of the recommendations...
What does another year of action look like at YOURS? Annual Report 2017
It has been a decade since the UN World Youth Assembly for Road Safety, which marked the first UN Global Road Safety Week in May 2007. Back then, road traffic crashes were proclaimed to be the...
Want to get started in road safety? Use our resources to get you going
Youth and road safety issues are a specialized area of focus but like many social action campaigns, road safety requires a good knowledge base to get started. From statistics to evidence, we host a...
Reporting from Bonn – Child Health Initiative calls for SDG Action @ SDG Festival
The Child Health Initiative (CHI) has played a prominent role in the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development, issuing a strong call for safe and healthy journeys to school for every...
If you love somebody tell them to ‘Buckle Up’ a new positive ad from USA
Zero Fatalities is a campaign in the USA that is transforming the narrative around saying 'I love you'... tell that loved one to 'Buckle Up'. A tongue-in-cheek, funny take on shifting language...
Alliance Advocates African region successfully delivered in Nairobi, Kenya
From 12-16th March 2018, we were in Nairobi, Kenya to co-deliver the first Alliance Advocates regional programme for the African region. The training brought together 20 NGO leaders from across...
Letting Teens Live – drawing paralells between gun control and road safety in USA
On the Saturday night of their high school’s homecoming weekend in 2009, four teenagers were driving together in Coral Springs, Fla., when their Volkswagen jumped off the road and plunged into a...