Medium

Melissa Fleming

Featured Book

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

A story of love, loss, and survival. Doaa, a Syrian teen flees a brutal war, falls in love, then survives a refugee shipwreck, saving a baby.

2018

Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming

Stories

Pinned

Melissa Fleming

·

Jul 17, 2024

How we can make our information ecosystem more humane

For the past three years, my team and I have been working on a set of recommendations to guide action for a healthier information…

How we can make our information ecosystem more humane

Melissa Fleming

·

3d ago

AI tools are biased against women. This is not a glitch.

Evidence shows AI tools portray women in a negative light and rule against them in decisions. The UN is raising the alarm.

AI tools are biased against women. This is not a glitch.

Melissa Fleming

·

Feb 12

Holocaust Survivors Deliver a Warning, and a message:

“Stand up to hatred, don’t be silent.”

Holocaust Survivors Deliver a Warning, and a message:

Melissa Fleming

·

Nov 8, 2025

‘The Dead Do Not Publish’: Why Protecting Journalists Protects Us All

As impunity rises and online abuse intensifies, journalists — especially women — face unprecedented threats. Protecting them is not…

‘The Dead Do Not Publish’: Why Protecting Journalists Protects Us All

Melissa Fleming

·

Aug 19, 2025

They Save Lives. Now Their Own Are on the Line

A record number of aid workers are being killed as funding cuts push humanitarian relief to the brink.

They Save Lives. Now Their Own Are on the Line

Melissa Fleming

·

Jul 30, 2025

New UN Risk Report: Mis- and disinformation Among Top Threats as Global Readiness Falls Short

Raging conflicts, climate chaos, soaring inequality — our world is facing a daunting list of global risks. But how prepared are we to meet…

New UN Risk Report: Mis- and disinformation Among Top Threats as Global Readiness Falls Short

Melissa Fleming

·

Jun 26, 2025

Eight Decades On, the UN Charter Is Still Saving Us From Hell

“It has been said that the United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell.” That quote…

Eight Decades On, the UN Charter Is Still Saving Us From Hell

Melissa Fleming

·

Jan 11, 2025

META move empowers purveyors of disinformation and hate

Meta’s recent announcement that it will roll back trust and safety measures will cause untold harm to our world.

META move empowers purveyors of disinformation and hate

Melissa Fleming

·

Dec 9, 2024

Doaa’s Hope for Syria

This is an emotional, hopeful moment for all Syrians. For me too.

Doaa’s Hope for Syria

Melissa Fleming

·

Dec 2, 2024

Breaking the Cycle: Why Ending Violence Against Women Must Start Now

Violence against women is as backward as it is self-destructive. On last week’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against…

Breaking the Cycle: Why Ending Violence Against Women Must Start Now

Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming

Book Author

Chief United Nations Communicator promoting a peaceful, sustainable, just & humane world. Author: A Hope More Powerful than the Sea. Podcast: Awake at Night.

Following

See all (1,689)

Help

Status

About

Careers

Press

Blog

Store

Privacy

Rules

Terms

Text to speech