Around the world, Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and their movements and organizations challenge oppression, abuses, violations, and more generally the status quo. They collectively work for a better present and a better future, for more just and peaceful societies in which everyone is free to express themselves and to pursue and achieve their full potential. 

The Global Philanthropy Forum brings together leaders who are tackling global challenges head-on, local activists who have created new solutions that others can learn from, innovators in new fields, and leading public intellectuals from around the globe alongside cultural luminaries.

The Youth Summit on Magnifying the Visibility of Youth Leaders is a unique in-person event designed by young people for young people convened. The summit was convened by the International Republican Institute and The Youth Café and organized with strategic partners' support. The three-day summit has called on young people from all over Kenya to discuss the needs of youth that will integrate into the Kenya Youth Manifesto 2022.

The High-level Political Forum, United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.

Under the theme "Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality", the meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council.