Media Releases

To support the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week’s ‘streets for life’ campaign (17-23 May 2021), which calls for 30 km/h (20 mph) urban streets, The George Institute has set out the compelling co-benefits of lowering speeds in ensuring safe, healthy, green and liveable cities.

A new report card on progress towards UN human rights obligations shows high income countries like Australia have little justification for failing to implement programs to improve women’s health and advance gender equality.

A new study released for World Salt Awareness Week shows that many countries are taking action to drop the salt and those which have well established national salt reduction strategies are doing well compared to the ones which do not. Sadly, India does not figure in this list.