On 14th March, 18:00-20:00, UNA Luton will be celebrating International Women’s Day, with a virtual meeting on Rights, Equality, Empowerment for All Women and Girls to discuss global, national and local issues impacting gender equity. Speakers include Dr Nazia Khanum (on Key global challenges and progress re gender equality); Susan Beaumont (on Women’s Rights in Afghanistan), Debra Knight (on Nine Red Presents: Abuse and Violence Faced by Women) and Sadia Rahman (on Hijab: Perception […]

Our Policy Conference will be on 15th March, 2025, 12:00-18:00. It will be at Bermondsey Village Hall (close to London Bridge station), and online. Please bring a packed lunch. Drinks will be provided. If you would like to attend in-person, please register here. If you would like to join online, please register here. Thank you for the draft resolutions. The Policy Committee has met […]

On 17th March, 18:30-20:00, UNA Warwick District is hosting an online meeting on Middle East and Global Affairs. The speaker is Professor Yossi Mekelberg (from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House). He will consider the latest developments in: Gaza and Israel; the growing US-China rivalry; the war in Ukraine; the future of international institutions in an era of rising nationalism. […]

On 22nd March, 10:30-12:30, UNA Harpenden will host a hybrid event at The Salvation Army Hall, Leyton Green, Harpenden AL5 2TG on The Space of the World: can human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t?. The speaker, Professor Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science), will reflect on the global space of social communications and interaction […]

On 12th April, 10:30-17:00, the UNA Conference Committee is organising the 2025 UNA Conference, to be held in London and online. It will include some keynote addresses, presentations, discussion sessions and opportunities to engage with UNA-UK staff. In-person attendance will cost £10; virtual attendance is free. More information is available here. Please register here. We need UNA-UK – and they […]

On 26th April, 10:30-12:30, UNA Harpenden will host a hybrid event at The Salvation Army, Harpenden, AL5 2TG on Black Swans, White Swans and the Purple Transition. The speaker on zoom, Dr Simon Michaux (Geological Survey of Finland), will consider the Purple Transition to phase out fossil fuels, based on the four foundation technologies: liquid fuel fission using thorium as the fuel; burning iron powder; […]

On 26th April, 12:30-13:45, UNA Warwick are holding a hybrid meeting on Has the Trump Administration declared independence from the post-war international order and its institutions?, led by Professor Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS, who will speak on the current international geopolitics being shaped by the Trump administration. He will consider how Trump’s foreign policy in the next […]

On 26th April, 13:45-16:40, at St. Peter’s Community Centre, Church Street, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2HE, UNA Bexhill and Hastings invites you to a public seminar on UN Mother Earth Day: The Environment, Capitalism, Peace and Justice, looking at the tensions and connections between the environment and capitalism, and between peace and justice. For further information and to register, please […]

On 10th May at 10:30, UNA Harpenden will be hosting a public lecture on Economy for the Common Good: An economy aligned with ethical values by Bridget Knapper, at the Salvation Army Hall, Leyton Green, Harpenden AL5 2TG. More information about the talk can be found at https://unaharpenden.wordpress.com/home/events/talk-20250510. Register at https://unaharpenden.wordpress.com/home/events/register.

On 10th May, 14:00-16:00, in The Old Auction House, Linden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5QL, UNA Tunbridge Wells and the Weald will hold a discussion on The International System in the Age of Trump, led by Mike Martin, MP, followed by the group’s AGM. For further information, please contact here.