"Coming Up Next" is a United Nations Learning Podcast featuring conversations with accomplished young leaders (12-32 years old) from around the world, selected for their outstanding achievements and their unique stories. 

The Host is Ms. Barbara Harrison, award-winning journalist with more than three decades of writing, producing, reporting and anchoring experience at major television stations in the USA. 

Coming Up Next is produced in association with the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and the UN youth initiative 1M2030.

In this episode our Host Barbara is joined by two young exceptional leaders and a mental health expert to discuss a topic that affects millions around the world but you may have never heard about: Period Poverty.

Guests:

Amika George (20 years old)
Time Most Influential Teens of 2018 list, The Big Issue Top 100 Changemakers, and Teen Vogue 21 under 21 (nominated by Emma Watson), winner of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Campaign Award in 2018

Natasha Sichula (21 years old)
CEO and Founder of HERZ, African Union G(irl)s Delegate, Clinton Global Foundation Initiative University Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates 120 under 40 Family planning nominated leader, UNESCO Best Youth Ideas Nominated leader

Dr. John Weiner
Board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. Weekly segment on NBC4 Washington News, contributor to national news outlets including the TODAY show, NBC Nightly News, and MSNBC

After listening to this episode, you should be able to:
-Explain the concept of period poverty
-Understand the importance of period poverty
-Describe how period poverty is linked to the 2030 Agenda

Coming Up Next Podcast - Episode 1

"Coming Up Next" is a United Nations Learning Podcast featuring conversations with accomplished young leaders (12-32 years old) from around the world, selected for their outstanding achievements and their unique stories.

The Host is Ms. Barbara Harrison, award-winning journalist with more than three decades of writing, producing, reporting and anchoring experience at major television stations in the USA.

Coming Up Next is produced in association with the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and the UN youth initiative 1M2030.

Episode #2 brings together two young tech geniuses and the Director of a United Nations agency to discuss how technology, and coding and particular, can be a force for good in the world. 

Learning objectives - after listening to this episode, you should be able to:
1. Explain the need for technological solutions for the 2030 Agenda 
2. Understand the limitations of coding as a tool for sustainable development
3. Name examples of successful sustainable coding projects

Learn more at www.unitar.org and www.1m2030.org.