News & Blog
Time to deliver on promise of UN Global Goals - FIA Foundation
Our friends at the FIA Foundation have published a review on the Global Goals focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals. It notes that the goals adopted will set the global mobility agenda for a generation.
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Reporting on road safety: a guide for journalists - WHO & Pulitzer
The World Health Organization has teamed up with the Pulitzer Center to strengthen the advice given to journalists on road safety. As a component of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme 2010-2014, WHO engaged with more than 1300 journalists in nine countries through tailored workshops on road safety. The aim was to increase media interest in and understanding of road safety as a critical health and development issue.
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The voice of youth in road safety: FIA Foundation Blog - take part!
Our friends over at the FIA Foundation recently set up a new blog to give international attention to the plight of youth on their website. Its a welcome addition to the Foundation's website which focuses on a range of issues including road safety as well as clean, green sustainable transport. The blog aims to empower youth by giving them a platform to write about the feelings on road safety. You can take part too!
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Introducing the YOURS National Road Safety Champions: Caribbean
We are very excited to announce the recruitment of 11 new Youth Road Safety Champions from across the Carribean region who represent a new wave of road safety conscious youth. These National Champions join our ever growing network of youth who are passionate about the cause and want to take concrete action on the issue. This new group of National Champions come after the pilot in Anglophone Africa.
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Brian's Column: Young people need sustainable funding for #RoadSafety
Our monthly columnist Brian Mwebaze is back with another column focusing on the impact of road safety initiatives and a systematic underfunding of the cause. His column brings attention to the fact that youth are still the biggest effected group in terms of road traffic deaths and must be part of the solution in combating these statistics.
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Agency Invents GPS That Switches to a Child's Voice Around Schools
Forsman & Bodenfors recently shared their new invention with us; a GPS that switches to a child's voice around schools in a powerful reminder to slow down and take extra care around school zones. The company has used inegenuity and creativity to address the road safety crisis facing children.
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How to not get hit by a car - Campaign by Safe Kids Worldwide
Our friends at Safe Kids Worldwide in the United States of America have developed a new campaign and interactive infographic focusing on simple tips to avoid being hit by a car as a child and youth. We think that much of this information is revelant to our youth audience and network to so we share it with you here.
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Children and youth must be a focus at Brasilia conference
Back in 2009, YOURS launched itself on the global stage at the First Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in hosted by the Russian Federation in Moscow, Russia. Since then, we have seen some remarkable developments for global road safety. As the follow up to this event takes place in November in Brasilia, Brazil, YOURS is pushing for a youth-led side event on Children and Road Safety.
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YOURS Ambassador Aakash featured in The Times of India
YOURS' Ambassador for the Post-2015 Agenda Mr Aakash Shah has recently been featured in India's biggest circular newspaper, The Times of India to bring awareness to his efforts across the world. Aakash joined the YOURS team recently to work on the infuencing the Post-2015 Agenda.
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Safety 2016: Call for abstracts is now open!
The 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion - Safety 2016 - will be held from 18-21 September 2016 in Tampere, Finland. Hosted by the Finnish National Institute for health and Welfare (THL) and co-sponsored by the World Health Organization. Safety 2016 is addressing a broad range of violence and injury prevention topics including emerging issues in the field.
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6 crucial road safety tips for the road trip holiday season
The summer has shown its glorious face and for many people, especially in the USA, this means holiday season and extended 'road trips'. Yahoo, the online giant has taken a step to ensure its users are safer on the road with '6 Road Trip Safety Tips That Could Save Your Life', we share them with you here.
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Calling on Caribbean and Latin American youth for Project Yellow Light
Our friends over at the Caribbean Development Bank are working with Project Yellow light to encourage young people to create road safety awareness videos. Make a video. Their straplines are simple, "Win a prize. Save a life". Caribbean and Latin American youth can enter the contest and could win a trip for submitting your video to attend the Grand Prix Formula 1 in Mexico or win an iPad mini!
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Road safety targets in Sustainable Development Agenda secured!
As you would have seen on the YOURS website, we have been involved in the push to include road safety targets in the forthcoming Sustainable Development Agenda Post 2015. Along with our Global Youth Network for Road Safety we have been at the forefront of advocating for road safety targets to be included from a youth perspective in the UN's youth calls for input. We are very happy to announce that road safety targets have been included in the final text of the new Sustainable Development Goals adopted by UN member states in New York!
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Brian's Column: African youth must ACT locally for road safety
Our regular columnist Mr Brian Bilal Mwebaze is back with his regular column. This time he's talking about the milestones that have influenced change in Africa while focusing on the things that still require immediate attention. His column is challenging the current status quo not mainstreaming youth in road safety decisions and calls upon all to do so.
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YOURS pushes for SDG targets and high level involvement in Brasilia
Alongside the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and the global momentum of the #SaveKidsLives campaign, YOURS has been involved in an advocacy push calling for selected permanent missions to keep in the specific road safety targets mentioned in the Sustainable Development Agenda. Alongside this, we have called on global leaders to be involved in the Brasilia conference in November and bring a youth delegation with them. The advocacy push has been lead by Mr Aakash Shah, YOURS' Ambassador for the Post 2015 Development Agenda.
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A beauty blogger and road safety campaigner: Jordan's inspiring story
Not so long ago, we met with road safety campaigner and beauty blogger Jordan Bone who travels around the UK telling her story of 'Remembering to think twice'. When she was 15, Jordan was involved in a road traffic crash that left her paralysed. Turning her life around, Jordan's fashion blog has lifted off globally and along with it, her message for road safety.
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Can Funny Traffic Signs Save Drivers' Lives?
Highway agencies are increasingly using humor and wit to try to get people to drive safer but do the messages work? We've covered the topic of jokes and comedy in road safety before. In some parts of the world, a humor filled message is said to be effective at getting driving to comply with road safety.
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Do youth in the US think legal marijuana and driving is safe?
According to a new poll by Gallup, an American research company, only 30% of Americans believe that legalised use of marijuana will make drivers 'a lot less safe'. Some U.S. states have legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal use which could see the rise of drug driving incidents increase. We give you the low down on drug driving.
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#SaveKidsLives Campaign continues on to Brasilia conference
As you will know, we have been big supporters of the #SaveKidsLives campaign and have helped with its implementation over the past year. We are delighted to announce that the global community has really gotten behind the campaign and pushed the signature counter beyond half a million signatures! The campaign is to continue all the way up to the 2nd Global High Level Meeting in Brasilia, Brazil where the signatures and support will illustrate people's call to action. We are calling for road safety for all!
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Calling on Caribbean Youth - National Champions for Road Safety
Our Regional Coordinator for the Caribbean Region, Mr Erland George from Saint Lucia has been on the hunt for National Road Safety Champions in the Caribbean Region. Having already recruited champions in Guyana, Barbados, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Lucia, Erland is now looking for champions in the rest of the region. Apply now to be part of this unique opportunity.
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